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Aimpoint at IDEX 2011 |
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Tuesday,
22 February 2011, 08:42 PM |
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deliveries to US Army surpass the one million sight mark. |
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Malmö,
Sweden, February 2011 – Aimpoint, the originator and
worldwide leader in electronic red dot sighting technology,
has announced that the company’s shipments of M68
Close Combat Optics (at present the Aimpoint® CompM4s)
under contract to the US Army passed, in November 2010,
a total of one million sights. Contracts for the M68CCO
have been issued to Aimpoint by the US Military since 1997,
and continue with shipments as part of the latest contract
for 565,000 sights awarded to the company in August, 2009.
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“The
continuous use of Aimpoint® sights by the US Army
for the past 14 years is a great honor for our company,
and passing the one million sight mark is indeed a momentous
achievement” said Lennart Ljungfelt, President of
Aimpoint AB.“The M68 Close Combat Optic has continued
to evolve and improve over the years with feedback from
our experience during use with the US Army, and we look
forward to continuing to meet future requirements as they
arise”.
Aimpoint® sights have been tested and chosen by the
US Army following several competitive evaluations, and
Aimpoint is the only manufacturer type-classified to supply
the M68CCO to the US Military. The company’s products
are currently in service with all branches of the US Military,
and the wide variety of models available make the product
suitable for nearly all infantry weapons from small arms
to heavy weapons.
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Aimpoint
sight mounted to US Army assault rifle |
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The
M68CCO is an electronic red dot reflex sight which increases
effective marksmanship, and allows the user to acquire and
engage targets with increased speed and accuracy without
diminishing situational awareness. The optic is extremely
rugged, and the latest versions of the sight, operate continuously
for up to 8 years using a single AA battery.
The contract for the M68CCO is administered by the US Army
Materiel Command’s Armament Research, Development
and Engineering Center (ARDEC) located at Picatinny Arsenal,
New Jersey, in close cooperation with Program Executive
Office Soldier (PEO Soldier). |
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