https://youtu.be/GfIAE4PFJyQ
During the 1990s, Aimpoint had a product developed who thought it would be good to develop a new red dot sight that had a more curved, organic look to it. The design he came up with also had some good technical elements – like separating the optical and electronic elements of the sight into two separate housings. The sight was given the name ICE, and it was developed all the way through too final pre-production units, but never actually released onto the market. Part of this was due to a public preference for ring mounts at the time, but more significant was Aimpoint’s focus on expanding to fulfill the new US Army order for hundreds of thousands of M68 Close Combat Optics. Getting that project done right was much more important than a speculative new product, and Aimpoint didn’t have the bandwidth to do both – and so Project ICE wound up shelved.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo7yx0gmF2s&pp=ygUMYWltcG9pbnQgaWNl
“(…)Red(…)”
Recently Pistollo 77 https://www.pistollo.com/en/#vlastnosti was developed which does has
The built-in external collimator is integrated into the housing to complement the design of the Pistollo 77. The sight features a solar panel with automatic reticle brightness adjustment. It offers three modes: a 2 MOA dot, a 32 MOA reticle, or a combination of both. The reticle is green, and the sight’s body is made from lightweight yet durable titanium alloy.
Therefore I started wandering: is using green (rather than red) color simply way to make it different from other sights or there is practical advantage of using green?
Personally, I think it’d be harder to pick up visually. In addition we seem to be hard-wired to associate red with urgency. Imagine a mauve or cerulean sight. I can’t.
The dot reticle was always sub-optimal, in my opinion. After I had my Lasik done, before going to Iraq, the issue I had with the issued M68 led me to prefer the circle reticle of the Eotech line.
What I’d strongly suggest is that someone do the research to find out what reticle is easiest to use during the stress of combat. Several attempts have been made, by various parties, but there’s still a lot of disagreement as to what is best. The red dot on my Comp M4 is a lot easier to use these days, now that the majority of my corneal surface has regrown, but… Man, was that a mistake to do before deployment. At least, for me.