Australia Designs Rifle Sight to “Shoot Around Corners”
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Australian scientists have designed a rifle sight that will effectively allow its troops to shoot around corners, and it is already attracting international interest, Defence Minister Robert Hill said May 18.
Hill said the sight, which would soon be issued to Australian troops in Iraq, uses a system of mirrors similar in concept to a periscope.
The sight, designed by the country’s Defence Science Technology Organisation, allows a soldier to line up a target in the absence of a direct line of sight.
The viewing device will be attached on top of the existing rifle sight so that soldiers can engage targets from a position of cover.
Hill told reporters in Perth he believes it is the first device of its type in the world.
“It enables the soldiers to, in effect, fire around the corner without exposing their head or upper torso and therefore they can go about their business more safely,” he said.
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Australian scientists have designed a rifle sight that will effectively allow its troops to shoot around corners, and it is already attracting international interest, Defence Minister Robert Hill said May 18.
Hill said the sight, which would soon be issued to Australian troops in Iraq, uses a system of mirrors similar in concept to a periscope.
The sight, designed by the country’s Defence Science Technology Organisation, allows a soldier to line up a target in the absence of a direct line of sight.
The viewing device will be attached on top of the existing rifle sight so that soldiers can engage targets from a position of cover.
Hill told reporters in Perth he believes it is the first device of its type in the world.
“It enables the soldiers to, in effect, fire around the corner without exposing their head or upper torso and therefore they can go about their business more safely,” he said.
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