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  2. AN/PEQ-15 - Wikipedia

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    The PEQ-15 has a low profile body, and midline offset laser diodes that allow it to be top mounted to a rifle (on to the top of the hand guard or receiver), without obstructing the view of modern optics, or the lasers being obstructed by the front sight posts of the M4, M16 or other AR-15 pattern rifles, whereby the lasers and illuminator pass ...

  3. AN/PEQ-2 - Wikipedia

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    The AN/PEQ-2 has two infrared laser emitters;one narrow beam used for aiming the rifle and one wide beam used for illuminating targets, like a flashlight. [9] The beams can only be seen through night vision goggles. [9] Each beam can be zeroed independently, and the illuminator's radius is adjustable. The two lasers are tied into one 6-mode ...

  4. Rail integration system - Wikipedia

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    A rail system mounted on top of a SIG SG 550 A dovetail rail on a rifle receiver for mounting a sight. A rail integration system (RIS; also called a rail accessory system (RAS), rail interface system, rail system, mount, base, gun rail, or simply a rail [1]) is a generic term for any standardized attachment system for mounting firearm accessories via bar-like straight brackets (i.e. "rails ...

  5. Laser sight - Wikipedia

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    A USAF Airman using an M4 carbine with an AN/PEQ-15 laser sight U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division using IR laser sights seen through a night vision device on a training exercise in Iraq. The use of laser sights is associated with increased accuracy in general, increasing the probability of hitting the target especially in low light conditions.

  6. SOPMOD - Wikipedia

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    M203A1 Grenade Launcher with a 9-inch barrel; KAC M203 Grenade Launcher Quick Release Front Bracket; Quick-attach M203 Grenade Launcher Leaf Sight; Insight AN/PEQ-5 Carbine Visible Laser (CVL) Insight AN/PAQ-4 Infrared Aiming Light; AN/PVS-17A Mini- Night Vision Sight; AN/PSQ-18A M203 Day/Night Sight; Carrying/storage case for kit accessories

  7. Iron sights - Wikipedia

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    With the front sight on the front end of the barrel, sight radius may be increased by moving the rear sight from the barrel onto the receiver or tang. [3] Sights for shotguns used for shooting small, moving targets (such as skeet shooting, trap shooting, and clay pigeon shooting) work quite differently. The rear sight is completely discarded ...

  8. Receiver (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...

  9. Boresight (firearm) - Wikipedia

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    The user then adjusts the iron sights or scope reticle to align the point of aim with the projected laser dot. Another more commonly used type of laser boresighter is attached to the muzzle of the barrel, either inserted straight into the bore ("arbor" type) or held in alignment with the barrel via a magnet, and projects a laser beam onto the ...