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Reflector sight

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 or some image (helping to aim the device, to which the sight is attached, on the target) superimposed on the field of view. These sights work on the simple optical principle that anything (such as an…

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Industry
Arms
Application
Aiming point
Classification
Sight
Invented
1900 (126 years ago) (1900)
Inventor
Howard Grubb

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Design

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Weapon sights

Reticle types

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Reflector sight

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples133
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Reflector sight

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related to Design · 16
Reflector sight → Albada, Bazooka, But, D7161556, Dutch, Eye, It, Lieuwe, M9A1, Reflecting Sight Assembly, Reflector, Since, The, This, US M9, World War II
related to Aircraft · 15
Reflector sight → Albatros, Berlin, Both, Fokker Dr, French, Grubb, Oigee Reflector Sight, One, Optische Anstalt Oigee, Reflector, The, There, These, Va, World War
related to External links · 15
Reflector sight → Airsoft, American Handgunner, Archived, FindArticles, Japanese, July, June, May, Navy Mark, Seeing, VIII, WWII Maxon M45, WWII US Navy Mark, YouTubeA, YouTubeArticle
related to history · 15
Reflector sight → By World War II, German, Grubb, Gun Sight, Howard Grubb, In, Irish, It, No, Ordnance, Royal Dublin Society, Scientific Transactions, The, Through, World War II
related to Other uses · 13
Reflector sight → Albada, Apogee, Celestron, Others, Photon, Point, Reflector, Rigel, Steve Kufeld, Televue, Telrad, There, These
related to Similar types · 13
Reflector sight → Collimator, For, Holographic, Instead, LEDs, Normark Corp, OEG, Singlepoint, The, The Armson OEG, These, They, This
related to Firearms · 12
Reflector sight → Both, Giese, Insta-Sight, Later, LED, Nydar, Qwik-Point, Soon, The, Thompson Center Insta-Sight, Using, World War II
related to Weapon sights · 10
Reflector sight → Depending, For, Iron, On, Reflector, Since, Some, The, This, When
related to Reticle types · 9
Reflector sight → Common, For, Imperial, Many, Moa, Sights, Some, The, US
Application · 1
Reflector sight → Aiming point

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sights sight reticle reflector optical used image eye also light target red infinity use view aiming curved since field aircraft

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Reflector sightApplicationAiming point1.00infobox
Reflector sightClassificationSight1.00infobox
Reflector sightIndustryArms1.00infobox
Reflector sightInvented1900 (126 years ago) (1900)1.00infobox
Reflector sightInventorHoward Grubb1.00infobox
aircraft gun sightsinstance ofused in applications0.80text
iron sightsinstance ofas opposed to simple mechanical sights0.80text
Apogeeinstance ofOthers are now available from companies0.80text
Celestroninstance ofOthers are now available from companies0.80text
Photoninstance ofOthers are now available from companies0.80text
Rigelinstance ofOthers are now available from companies0.80text
and Televue.Reflector sights are also used in the entertainment industry in productions such as live theater oninstance ofOthers are now available from companies0.80text

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