STUDY OF CHARACTERISTICS AND LIMITATIONS OF PRESENT VISUAL DEVICES IN TANKS. STUDY OF MEANS OF IMPROVING SIGHTING TELESCOPES

Abstract

The purpose of the report is to establish criteria for the selection of sight design and for the control of sight production. Proposals were made to improve the conventional telescopic sights which employ lenses for the erection of the image. To develop prism erecting sights, because of their inherently superior optical properties and their advantages in ballistic treatment. The development of prism erecting sights has resulted in the M10 (or T8) dual periscopic sight and some progress has been made in the development of a lateral offset sight. It is the purpose of this report to evaluate the progress in improvement of straight tube sights, in terms of criteria which refer particularly to the requirements of the using arm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1943
Accession Number
AD0658635

Entities

People

  • F. S. Brackett

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Classification
  • Contrast
  • Displacement
  • Distortion
  • Eccentricity
  • Guns
  • Magnification
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Optical Properties
  • Recognition
  • Standards
  • Telescopes
  • Telescopic Gun Sights
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Visual Acuity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Geodesy
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space