OREANDA-NEWS. Shvabe Holding has obtained a patent for a device to input sighting angles and the range in the sight's field of vision.

The patent holder of this invention is Shvabe - Instruments, a Shvabe Holding enterprise in Novosibirsk. The purpose of this device is to simplify the design of existing sights by eliminating the optical and electronic sensor which can be difficult to manufacture and adjust, to reduce power consumption and consequently to increase the time of continuous operation from time of charging.

"The invention is an optical instrument and it can be used in day, night, and multi-purpose optical sights for small arms. This device provides information about the shooting range entered and allows one to control the accuracy of the entered sighting angle while taking into account the distance of the object directly situated in the device's field of vision. A whole range of engineering innovations have been used in its construction", said Vassiliy Rassokhin,the general director of Shvabe - Instruments.

Thefirst lead screw (a main part of the mechanism) is equipped with a position lock. The device is also equipped with a linear motion sensor in the form of potentiometer - a voltage regulator whose output has the input of a signal processing device joined onto it. The digital indicator's image transfer system onto the sight's field of vision can be achieved by the optically linked sight object and the prism-system interface with the eye piece. The sighting angle scale can be attached to various types of weapons.

At present the sight prototypes are manufactured with variable magnification. In their design a new device for entering sighting angles is used. After testing is carried out the product will be put into mass production.