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The first ACOG model, known as the TA01, was released in 1987. [3] [4] An example was tested on the Stoner 93 in the early 1990s by the Royal Thai Armed Forces. [5]In 1995, United States Special Operations Command selected the 4×32 TA01 as the official scope for the M4 carbine and purchased 12,000 units from Trijicon. [6]
A U.S. Marine armed with an M27 IAR affixed with ACOG Squad Day Optic. M16A4 – Select fire. Safe, semi, burst. Originally the basic infantry weapon, [5] mostly being replaced by M27 in infantry battalions. M4/M4A1 – Mostly being replaced by M27 in infantry battalions. Commonly issued for non-infantry marines as of 2010. [5]
Another Trijicon scope marked with 1 John 1:7: "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin." The Trijicon biblical verses controversy refers to the stamping of Bible verse references (e.g. " Rev 21 :23") onto optical sights for rifles ...
On January 18, 2010, ABC News reported that Trijicon was placing references to Biblical verses on the side of the ACOG sights sold to the United States military. [9] Legal and religious organizations spoke out against the practice and Trijicon subsequently ceased the practice and provided customers with kits to remove the Bible verse numbers from existing scopes.
A C79 Optical Sight. The C79 optical sight (SpecterOS3.4x) is a telescopic sight manufactured by Elcan.A variant, the M145 Machine Gun Optic is in use by the US military. It is 3.4×28, meaning 3.4x magnification, and a 28mm diameter objective lens.
Unertl Optical Company, Inc. was a manufacturer of telescopic sights in the United States from 1928 until 2008. They are known for their 10× fixed-power scopes that were used on the Marine Corps' M40 rifle and made famous by Marine Corps Scout Sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.
Elcan SpecterDR 1-4x Scope + Docter MRD (SU-230/PVS) Trijicon ACOG TA31ECOS 4x Scope + Docter MRD (SU-237/PVS) [11] Insight AN/PVS-24 Clip-On Night Vision Device-Image Intensified (CVND-I 2) [12] US Army 75th Rangers using multiple Block II accessories on their rifles at night. Note the Insight WMX 200 light mounted on the rifle of the operator ...
A number of day optics were used initially, which included Hensoldt Blitz, Leupold CQ/T, ACOG, [2] Leupold TS-30A1 and ultimately the Leupold TS-30A2. [3] The test night optic was the AN/PVS-17B, apparently now being fielded with USMC combat units though the AN/PVS-22 is preferred. [3] SAM-Rs use 5.56 NATO-based MK262 ammo. [7]