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battle sight

[′bad·əl ‚sīt]
(ordnance)
A predetermined sight setting, carried on a weapon, that enables the firer to engage targets effectively at battle ranges when conditions do not permit exact sight settings.
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Sights: Front--Wide blade with groove Rear-250 meter battle sight & U-notch adjustable from 400 to 2400 meters
Part I of the greek civil war the first battles of the "cold war": partisan groups in Greece were as eager or more to fight each other as the Germans. Even before the Nazis were gone, civil war was underway
Sights: Front--Inverted V-blade Rear--V-notch adjustable from 400-1600 meters by fold-up leaf, 350 meters on small leaf and 270 meters on fixed battle sight.
Scraping the bottom of the barrel blackpowder rifles of the great war part 1: none of the nations, large or small, went into World War with enough rifles to supply the massive armies they required. Every depot, armory or museum was scavenged for anything that would shoot
It features a 300-meter battle sight setting that allows easy hits on a man-sized target at practical infantry engagement distances.
In the Carcano's footsteps part I: Italy's 7.62MM BM 59 was developed to face the Soviet threat
The battle sight is set at a range of 292 yards, while the maximum range setting with the ladder deployed is 2,700 "steps" which equates to 1,970 yards.
1 of 110,000: the Serbian M78/80 is one of the rarest of Mauser rifles
The Marine Corps was not satisfied with the M1905 sight and adopted a new type: the front sight with a thicker undercut blade and the rear sight changed so it only had the open battle sight and then a single large aperture on the slider.
The U.S. model 1903 springfield rifle: it's been almost 110 years since its introduction, out this classic bolt gun still defines what a rifle should be
Lastly, the rear sight has a 300-yard battle sight setting, which is less than ideal if all you can see is Fritz's head and rifle.
Shoot-out! The best bolt-action rifle of WWII: Part II
It also employed many of the same components, such as a ladder rear sight graduated to 2,400 meters, with a flip-over 250-meter battle sight and notched front sight.
Though somewhat overshadowed by the much vaunted 1886 Lebel, this versatile bolt action served France well around the globe before, during and after World War I
Sights: Front--Wide blade with groove ear--250-meter battle sight and -notch adjustable from 400 to 000 meters
The guns of "DAD's Army" part 1: Small Arms of the British Home Guard 1940-1944: they probably worried their own government more than they did the Nazis, but they did their part in the dark days when Britain fell under the German shadow
Magazine: 8-round tubular, manually loaded Sights: Front: Wide blade with groove Rear: 250 meter battle sight & U notch adj.
Italiano Armi di Fanteria della prima guerra mondiale from Vetterli to Villar Perosa: Part I
4 were later fitted with a simple fliptriple battle sight.
The guns of d-day: this month is the 70th anniversaiy of the invasion of Normandy, the largest operation of its type in history. Here's a look at some of the infantrymen's personal arms and how they used them
the rear sight leaf could be folded forward along the barrel, exposing a 250 meter battle sight
Unlovely but effective the French Berthier system: the Berthier soldiered on through the interwar period, World War II and beyond. The French had more modern rifles but never, it seems, quite enough of them
M1 Garands had 24" barrels with perhaps the best battle sight ever put on a rifle.
On the frontline for decades: America's military .30-06 rifles
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