A sight or sighting device is any device used to assist in precise visual alignment (i.e. aiming) of weapons, surveying instruments, aircraft equipment...
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A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope. It is equipped with some form of...
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Iron sights are a system of physical alignment markers used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons such as firearms, airguns...
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vision devices are made to be mounted to firearms. These can be used in conjunction with weapon sights or standalone; some thermal weapon sights have been...
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alignment with the device to which the sight is attached regardless of the viewer's eye position, removing most of the parallax and other sighting errors found...
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collimator sight is a type of optical sight that allows the user looking into it to see an illuminated aiming point aligned with the device the sight is attached...
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command to line of sight (SACLOS) is a method of missile command guidance. In SACLOS, the operator must continually point a sighting device at the target while...
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sight is a device attached or integral to a firearm to aid target acquisition. Unlike optical and iron sights where the user looks through the device...
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sightseeing, a point of interest Sight (device), used to assist aim by guiding the eye Sighting in, adjusting firearms sights Sight, an angular measurement in...
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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...
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used to secure the base to the receiver. A bore-sighting device is usually used to roughly zero the sight before a first-time shooter takes it to the range...
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Colt AR-15 (section Muzzle devices)
scopes and sighting devices. Colt AR-15 rifles most often have a barrel threaded in 1⁄2″-28 threads to incorporate the use of a muzzle device such as a...
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Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (redirect from ACOG sight)
SS3 rifle, a variant of the SS2 equipped with ACOG Sight (device) SUSAT, British 4× telescopic sight with tritium-powered illumination similar to the ACOG...
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Two sighting apertures are mounted above the map on opposite sides of the ring and slide around the arc. The device is used by moving the sights until...
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ITL MARS (redirect from MARS sight)
aiming reflex sight) is a gun sight that combines two sighting devices, a reflex sight and a laser sight, as well as a backup iron sight. It is designed...
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Direct fire (redirect from Line-of-sight fire)
within the line-of-sight of the user. The firing weapon must have a sighting device and an unobstructed view to the target, which means no obstacles or...
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by Germany in World War II. The curved barrel included a periscope sighting device for shooting around corners from a safe position. It was produced in...
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thermobaric warheads, with a UP-7V sighting device fitted (used in tandem with the standard 2.7× PGO-7 optical sight) to allow the use of extended range...
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AN/PVS-17 (category Armoured fighting vehicle vision and sighting equipment)
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...
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Compass (category Magnetic devices)
A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or...
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Hand compass (redirect from Hand sighting compass)
hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use and fitted with a sighting device to record a precise bearing...
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AN/PVS-4 (category Night vision devices)
AN/PVS-4 (Night Vision Sight, Individual Served Weapon, AN/PVS-4) is the U.S. military designation for a specification of the first second generation...
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Zielgerät 1229 (category Firearm sights)
cumbersome for attack situations. Successful tests of the infrared sighting device for hand fire arms were made by the Panzergrenadiere during February...
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has a Picatinny rail with a 35 arc minute gradient on which various sighting devices can be mounted. The rifle was first introduced in June 2020 on the...
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Argus retinal prosthesis (redirect from Second Sight Medical Product)
began in 2017. In 2020, Second Sight stopped providing technical support for the Argus, as well as for the successor device, Argus II, and for the brain...
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Helmet-mounted display (redirect from Display And Sight Helmet)
A helmet-mounted display (HMD) is a headworn device that uses displays and optics to project imagery and/or symbology to the eyes. It provides visual information...
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A globe sight is a front sight component used to assist the aiming of a gun/device, usually those intended to launch projectiles, such as firearms, airguns...
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A holographic weapon sight or holographic diffraction sight is a non-magnifying gunsight that allows the user to look through a glass optical window and...
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Parallax (section Weapon sights)
affects sighting devices of ranged weapons in many ways. On sights fitted on small arms and bows, etc., the perpendicular distance between the sight and the...
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