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    A reflector sight or reflex sight is an optical sight that allows the user to look through a partially reflecting glass element and see an aiming point...
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    Collimator sight Diopter sight Globe sight Head-up display Holographic weapon sight Iron sight Laser sight Reflector sight Gyro gunsight Red dot sight Telescopic...
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    A red dot sight is a common classification for a non-magnifying reflector (or reflex) sight that provides an illuminated red dot to the user as a point...
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    Holographic sights can be paired with "red dot magnifiers" to better engage farther targets. Like the reflector sight, the holographic sight is not "parallax...
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    A gyro gunsight (G.G.S.) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which target lead (the amount of aim-off in front of a moving target)...
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    search for the target on the ground. Later Nordens were equipped with a reflector sight to aid in this step. Once the target was located the computer was clutched...
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    Spherical aberration in a reflector sight can also cause the reticle's image to move with change in eye position. Some reflector sights with optical systems...
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    as opposed to non-magnifying iron sights, reflector (reflex) sights, holographic sights or laser sights, and are most commonly found on long-barrel...
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    is also noted for his work to perfect the periscope and invent the reflector sight. Howard Grubb was one of eight children of Thomas Grubb, founder of...
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    desired object. Many reflector sights have circles with a given angular dimension in order to facilitate this. Reflector sights are less useful in light...
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  • Aimpoint (category Firearm sights)
    sight, based on a design by Helsingborg engineer John Arne Ingemund Ekstrand. This is the first light emitting diode (LED) "red dot" reflector sight manufactured...
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    replaced the older wire crosshairs with a modern reflector sight that was easy to see at night. The sight could be rotated manually to view objects well...
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    a designated celestial object. Glossary of military abbreviations Reflector sight Collimated beam Elementary optics and application to fire control instruments...
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    Reticle (category Firearm sights)
    are produced by non-magnifying optical devices such as reflector sights (often called reflex sights) that give the viewer an image of the reticle superimposed...
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  • allows the viewer to see the reticle and the field of view, making a reflector sight. Collimators may be used with laser diodes and CO2 cutting lasers....
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    measurement was made simply by aligning a sight on an object on the ground through a small telescope or reflector sight. All of the complicated calculations...
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    M9A1, the T43 sight was replaced by the Polaroid T90 optical reflector sight, which used an etched reticle for aiming. The T43 and T90 sights were interchangeable...
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    illumination, such as telescopic sights, reflector (reflex) sights, holographic sights, and laser sights. Iron sights are typically composed of two components...
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    light-emitting diode (OLED). HUDs evolved from the reflector sight, a pre-World War II parallax-free optical sight technology for military fighter aircraft. The...
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    bomb sight with a new mechanical computer. It featured a unique solution for timing the drop, projecting a moving display onto a reflector sight that...
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    retroflector's reflection is brighter than that of a diffuse reflector. Corner reflectors and cat's eye reflectors are the most used kinds. There are several ways...
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    EOTech (category Firearm sights)
    acquired the Photonics division of Intevac. Unlike reflector sights, the holographic weapon sight does not use a reflected reticle system. Instead, a...
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    features an altered sight setup and bayonet mount. It is fitted with a 1.5× or 3× sight and lacks the integrated reflector sight. It features a standard...
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    additional ammunition belts fed the turret by means of a chute system. A reflector sight was hung from the top of the turret, positioned roughly between the...
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    for the lead-correcting reflector sights, which were replaced with a backup system consisting of a simple ring-and-post sight, known as a "pancake". In...
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    depression of 60°. The gun is slaved to the KPS-53AV undernose sighting system with a reflector sight in the front cockpit. It was replaced by the fixed, side-mounted...
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    Aimpoint CompM4 (category Firearm sights)
    manufacturer claims that the sight will run continuously for 8 years on a single battery, in its 10th brightness setting. Reflector sights have unlimited eye relief...
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  • that show the PIP are red dot sights like the M68 Aimpoint. Such sights, like those on an HUD, are collimated reflector sights, so the dot always appears...
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  • Holland. Townsend discharge discovered by John Sealy Townsend. 1900: Reflector sight invented by Howard Grubb. 1905: Underground conveyor belt invented...
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    short for a common iron sight, so that was out of the question. In mid 1968, Hensoldt presented an affordable reflector sight. It was based on an old...
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