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New Lighter Sights For The M4 And M16A4
Recent combat operations in Afghanistan have emphasized the need to get weight of equipment down to an absolute minimum. The main motivation has been the need to increase the intervals between resupply due to the very dispersed deplyment of our forces and the difficulty of resupply. This drive to get weight down and get short and long range performance into the same package without the need to swap sights over, has resulted in some inovative solutions in sight design. Although some of these sights were intended for civilian applications, the military are adopting civilian equipment as the civil market drives faster development and often results in a superior product.
The US Army and Air Force started out with the Aimpoint CompM2 which they christened the M68 Close Combat Optic or CCO. The success of the CompM2 lead to the adoption of its more advanced stablemate the CompM4 which was likewise designated M68. The CompM4s was improved with a more rugged switch, a mount wich did not allow the sight to rotate causing cant, the use of AA batteries and a much longer, 80,000 hour battery life. It still weighed in at 11.8 ounces though. Aimpoint saw a commercial niche for a much smaller red dot sight and introduced the Micro range. This was never designed for combat use, but the NV capable Aimpoint T-1 soon found its way into use with US forces. The T-1, inclusive of mount, weighs a mere 3.7 ounces. The trade-off is a larger 3.8 MoA dot, the use of the less available CR2032 battery and a shorter battery life of 50,000 hours - a small price to pay for the weight reduction. The T-1 is commonly issued with the Aimpoint 3XMag 3X detachable magnifier to give a very versatile and lightweight package able to handle the entire engagement envelope of the M4 carbine and M16A4 rifle. The problem with this set-up is the lack of any ability to compensate for range.
Another solution preferred by the US Army is to take its M150 Rifle Combat Optic - itself an adaptation of the Marines' AN/PVQ-31 series Rifle Combat Optic, a variant of the Trijicon TA31 Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight, and mount an L3 Insight Miniature Reflex Sight or MRS on top. The MRS will also be used as a short range back-up sight on other systems, partucularly Sniper and Designated Marksman's Rifles. Many TA01NSNs and TA01NSN-RMRs are also in service, many of them purchased privately or at unit level. The M150+MRS combination is extremely versatile and offers range compensation via a ladder reticle.
L3 Eotech have not been sitting idle and have come up with their own reduced weight solution. The Eotech EXPS3 holographic sight uses a CR123 transverse mounted battery and comes in at 11.2 ounces. This uses a fighter-jet style HUD with all its attendent advantages of parallax elmination and situational awareness. These sights can now be supplied in a tan finish and with a four dot reticle matched to the .223 cartridge out to 600 meters. The Eotech is seen as some as a less rugged alternative but SOCOM, the USAF PJs and various Army formations have adopted it in some numbers. Thousands of privately purchased examples are in service. Eotech have their own G23.FTS flip to side magnifier which has gained a wide following. A tan finish is offered on the magnifier too, to match the terrain in the most likely theatres of operation.
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