I-US Marine Corps ikhethe i- Nightforce Optics Mil-Spec ATACR 5-25×56 mm F1 riflescope ukuze isetshenziswe njenge-optic yosuku ku-Mk13 Mod 7 .300 Win. Mag. uhlelo lwezikhali ze-sniper. Inhlanganisela yesibhamu esisha kanye ne-scope yintsha ngokuphelele kusibhamu i-M40, esisebenze kusukela ngeMpi yaseVietnam.
“I-optic ifaka i-Horus TREMOR3 Reticle futhi ihlinzeka opharetha ngegridi ehlanganisiwe esekwe ku-milliradian ehlanganisa amachashazi omoya ngesikhathi sokundiza,” kusho uMphathi Wokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi wakwa-Nightforce we-Mil-Gov-LE u-Tod Litt. “Lawo machashazi alinganiswa esibhamuni nasezinhlamvu futhi asize ekushayeni izingcingo ezisheshayo, ezingenazo ifomula ngokwahlulela indlela kanye nesivinini somoya ngamamayela ngehora. I-reticle ethuthukisiwe ihlanganisa i-Accuracy 1st yokudubula i-speed formula eyenza ukusebenzelana kokuhlosiwe okunyakazayo kube lula futhi inciphise izikhathi zokuzibandakanya ukuze kube nentuthuko enkulu kumahithi omzuliswano wokuqala.”
Ukulungiswa kwe-optic kwenziwa kusetshenziswa i-NightForce Hi-Speed ZeroStop enelungelo lobunikazi futhi ukudayela kwe-parallax kuhlanganiswe nokukhanya kwe-DigIllum digital-reticle. I-windage knob iyikepisi embozwe ukunciphisa ukunyakaza okungaqondile. Indiza yokuqala egxile kuyo, i-riflescope engu-34 mm inesisindo esingama-ounces angu-38 futhi inobude obungu-15.37 amayintshi.
“Amandla akhulayo wesibhamu se-sniper se-Mk13 Mod 7 esisanda kukhishwa sidinga ububanzi obuqinile, obuthembekile, obuphindaphindayo futhi obunokwethenjelwa njengamasosha ase-United States Marines anikezwe umsebenzi wokusisebenzisa,” kusho uLitt. “I-Nightforce MIL-SPEC ATACR 5-25×56 F1 ikhethwe njengobubanzi bosuku lokusebenzisa ngokugcwele amakhono emishini yezibhamu.” Isibhamu esisha kuhlelelwe ukuthi sifakwe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka nasekuqaleni kuka-2019 ngabadubuli be-elite Marine Corps Scout, nakuba isivele isebenza nabadubuli abanemba be-MARSOC.
“I-optic yosuku olusha ivumela ukuhlonza izitha ezikude kakhulu, futhi ine-reticle yesitayela segridi evumela ukuhlangana kabusha ngaphandle kokudayela ukulungisa noma ‘ukubamba’ ngaphandle kwendawo eyireferensi,” uSgt. U-Randy Robles, ofundisa i-Quantico Scout Sniper School wachaza ngoMeyi . “Ngalolu hlobo lwesikhali kule mikhumbi, sizokwandisa ukubulawa kwethu futhi sikwazi ukufihla indawo yethu ngoba sakha isivikelo phakathi kwethu nesitha.”