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A thermographic weapon sight, thermal imagery scope or thermal weapon sight is a sighting device combining a compact thermographic camera and an aiming reticle. [1] They can be mounted on a variety of small arms as well as some heavier weapons. [2] As with regular ultraviolet sensors, thermal weapon sights can operate in total darkness.
The current version of the sight is the PSO-1M2. This telescopic sight is different from the original PSO-1 only in that it lacks the now obsolete infrared detector, which was used to detect generation-zero active-infrared night vision devices like the US M2 Sniperscope. The metal body of the PSO-1 is made from a magnesium alloy.
The AN/PVS-17 Miniature Night Sight (MNS) is a compact, lightweight and high performance night vision weapon sight. It is in wide use by the US Army Special Forces , and USMC . The AN/PVS-17 is a Generation III Night Vision Device , and uses the OMNI IV MX 10160 3rd generation image intensifier tube, it can also be used as a handheld ...
The United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps field the Trijicon TA31RCO ACOG, a 4× magnification model with a 32mm objective lens (4×32), with specially designed ballistic compensating reticles that are fiber optic & tritium illuminated, for the M4 carbine and M16A4 rifle. [23] This sight is designated the M150 Rifle Combat Optic in ...
ɪ. k ɒ n / TRIJ-ih-kon) is an American manufacturing company based in Wixom, Michigan, that designs and distributes sighting devices for firearms including pistols, rifles and shotguns. Trijicon specializes in self-luminous optics and night sights, mainly using the low-energy tritium illumination, light-gathering fiber optics and battery ...
A USAF Airman using an M4 carbine with an AN/PEQ-15 laser sight U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division using IR laser sights seen through a night vision device on a training exercise in Iraq. The use of laser sights is associated with increased accuracy in general, increasing the probability of hitting the target especially in low light conditions.
1PN51-2 reflector-based night sight for the RPG-29. [87] 1PN58 refractor-based night sight for a range of small arms and grenade launchers. [88] 1PN93-2 reflector-based night sight for the RPG-7D3, see photo. 1PN110, a more recent (~Gen 3) night sight for the RPG-29. [89] 1PN113, a night sight similar to the 1PN110, for the SV-98 sniper rifle. [89]
The M145 Machine Gun Optic is a variant of the C79 that was developed for the U.S. Army and is commonly mounted on M240 and M249 machine guns. The M145 is unusual when compared with other optical sights in use with the United States military in that ballistic compensation is in the mount, rather than in the reticle.