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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer...
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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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MIL-STD-1913 (Picatinny) rail for attaching tactical lights and laser sighting devices. Many of the alterations found in the P99 RAD variant were applied...
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729,000 viewers. 2.20, including devices. 2.10, including devices. 2.24, including devices. "Married at First Sight UK: Afters" returned for Series 7...
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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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with "friend or foe" interrogator, power source and tripod with its sighting devices. It differs from MANPADS systems in that it is necessarily fired from...
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M16 rifle (section Muzzle devices)
M16 series rear sight, front sight and sighting in targets designs were modified over time and non-iron sight (optical) aiming devices and new service...
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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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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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Trijicon (category Firearm sights)
distributes sighting devices for firearms including pistols, rifles and shotguns. Trijicon specializes in self-luminous optics and night sights, mainly using...
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A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The use...
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