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The U.S. Army's newest version of the M68 Close Combat Optic (CCO) is the Aimpoint CompM4. The shooter's end of the CompM4 with the power control knob An M4 carbine with a Picatinny rail system on the upper receiver and four-sided handguard, showing a GPS-02 "Grip Pod", a type of vertical grip that has a deployable bipod inside the handle and an M68 CCO optical sight C7NLD assault rifle with ...
Colt M4 carbine with M68 Close Combat Optic and back-up sight. The CompM2 is a battery-powered, non-magnifying red dot type of reflex sight for firearms manufactured by Aimpoint AB. It was first introduced in the U.S. Armed Forces in 2000, [1] designated as the M68 Close Combat Optic (M68 CCO; NSN: 1240-01-411-1265).
Aimpoint is a manufacturing company founded in 1974. [1] Their primary products are reflector (or reflex) sights, specifically the red dot sight sub-type. In 1975 they introduced their first product, [2] the "Aimpoint Electronic" red dot sight, based on a design by Helsingborg engineer John Arne Ingemund Ekstrand. [3]
A red dot sight is a common classification [1] for a non-magnifying reflector (or reflex) sight that provides an illuminated red dot to the user as a point of aim. A standard design uses a red light-emitting diode (LED) at the focus of collimating optics , which generates a dot-style illuminated reticle that stays in alignment with the firearm ...
Many reflex sights (e.g. red dot sights) and holographic sights have proprietary mounts. [23] Aimpoint Acro rail: A dovetail rail for attaching a sight via a clamping mechanism, and with a 4 mm [24] wide straight recoil lug groove. The dovetail is approximately 16.5 mm wide, and is radiused so as not to have any sharp edges.
A view through a Tasco ProPoint red dot sight. The mid- to late 1970s saw the introduction of what are usually referred to as red dot sights, a type that gives the user a simple bright red dot as an aiming point. [27] The typical configuration for this sight is a compact curved mirror reflector design with a red light-emitting diode (LED) at ...
Noblex Sight II Plus; Noblex Sight II Plus IPSC; Noblex Sight C [10] Noblex Sight III; Noblex QuickSight; Noblex QuickSights is significantly different that all other Noblex Red Dot Sights, since it is designed to fit on shotguns and to mount directly on shotgun ribs. It comes with 5.0 MOA dot as standard.
Telescopic sights are used with all types of systems that require magnification in addition to reliable visual aiming, as opposed to non-magnifying iron sights, reflector (reflex) sights, holographic sights or laser sights, and are most commonly found on long-barrel firearms, particularly rifles, usually via a scope mount.