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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A New Weapons Sight Program You Say.

The Family of Weapon Sights (FWS)
program will give soldiers with individ-
ual, crew-served and sniper weapons the
capability to see deep into the battlefield,
increase surveillance and target acquisi-
tion range, and penetrate obscurants, day
or night. The FWS systems will use un-
cooled, forward-looking infrared technol-
ogy and digital low-light level technolo-
gies, and will have additional features to
provide improved offensive firing capabil-
ities, decreased transition time between
mobility and targeting sensors, and im-
proved firing accuracy. The FWS will in-
clude three variants: the
Family of
Weapon Sights Individual (FWSI)
for the
M16 and M4 series rifles and carbines, the
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, and the
M136 Light Anti-Armor Weapon and
M141 Bunker Defeat Munition; the
Family
of Weapon Sights Crew Served (FWSCS)
for the M240B series medium machine
guns and the M2 HB and Mk19 machine
guns; and the
Family of Weapon Sights
Sniper (FWSS)
for the M24, M110 and
M107 sniper rifles.
The
AN/PVS-29 Clip-On Sniper Night
Sight (SNS)
is a lightweight, in-line,
weapon-mounted sight used in conjunction

with the day optic sight on the M110 SASS.
It employs a variable gain image tube that
can be adjusted by the sniper depending on
ambient light levels. When used in conjunc-
tion with the M110 day optical sight, it pro-
vides for personnel-sized target recognition
at quarter-moon illumination in clear air to
a range of 600 meters. The SNS has an inte-
grated rail adapter that attaches directly to
the MIL-STD-1913 rail for quick and easy
mounting to or dismounting from the
weapon. Use of the SNS does not affect the
zero of the day optical sight and allows the
M110 SASS to maintain bore sight through-
out the focus range of the SNS and the
M110 day optical signal.

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