Laser attachment
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Laser aiming aid when training the Israeli armed forces
The laser attachment refers to an aiming aid that can be mounted on a firearm and actively emits a laser beam parallel to the barrel of the weapon. The laser beam is visible as a red or, in newer models, as a green point where the beam hits. Mainly at Deutschuss , d. H. Without using conventional aiming aids, the laser attachment is used for aiming. In contrast to the laser aiming aid, with the red dot sight a point is only created in the sight , but not on the target.
The first company that offered gun lasers and is therefore considered the inventor of the same is the US-based company Surefire .
In Germany, according to the Weapons Act, which applies to private individuals, any form of active target lighting or marking is prohibited.
advantages
- At a relatively short distance, the shooter can see exactly where the projectile will hit.
- If active target lighting is used by a sniper during a police operation, a criminal may be induced to give up for psychological reasons, since he now knows that he is in the gunner's sights.
disadvantage
- A red laser can be used in daylight. U. cannot be seen.
- The “target” is aware of the presence of a source of danger.
- Ineffective over long distances, as a laser (undeflected) is always straight, but a projectile, due to gravity, describes a ballistic curve towards the ground and can be deflected by external influences (wind, temperature, etc.).