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The optical window in a holographic weapon sight looks like a piece of clear glass with an illuminated reticle in the middle. The aiming reticle can be an infinitely small dot whose perceived size is given by the acuity of the eye. For someone with 20/20 vision, it is about 1 minute of arc (0.3 mrad). [citation needed]
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]
The PSO-1 pattern range-finding reticle. The bottom-left corner can be used to determine the distance from a 1.7 m tall target A 1.7 m tall person correctly ranged at 400 metres (437 yd) The PSO-1 features a reticle with "floating" elements designed for use in range estimation and bullet drop and drift compensation (see external ballistics).
For example, with a typical Leupold brand 16 minute of angle (MOA) duplex reticle (similar to image B) on a fixed-power telescopic sight, the distance from post to post, between the heavier lines of the reticle spanning the center of the sight picture, is approximately 32 inches (810 millimeters) at 200 yards (180 m), or, equivalently ...
Hensoldt ZF 6×42 PSG1 telescopic sight with illuminated reticle The Heckler & Koch PSG1 ( P räzisions s chützen g ewehr , German for "precision marksman rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed and produced by the German company Heckler & Koch .
Both AN/PAS-13Bs have programmable reticles, allowing the user to match the reticle to the weapon system the sight will be mounted on. Some reticles included in the sight include those designed for the M16 rifle , M4 carbine , M60 machine gun , M240 machine gun , M249 , M2 machine gun , MK19 , MK47 , M24 sniper weapon system , and the GAU-21 .
The reticle consists of a series of chevrons, the topmost being zeroed at 400 meters, with each descending chevron indicating points of aim at 100 meter intervals beyond the main 400 meter zero. Inside the main chevron lies a dot that was implemented to be used against targets that are 500 meters from the operator; the second and third chevrons ...
Reticle of Bell & Howell Pocket Comparator Reticle accessory (PD-8) used in sniper rifles. A reticle, or reticule [1] [2] also known as a graticule, is a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of an optical device such as a telescopic sight, spotting scope, theodolite, optical microscope or the screen of an oscilloscope, to ...