Reflex Gun Sights

[+Geezer]

The first known deployment of a reflex optical gun sight was 1918 - the Oigee sight was operationally tested by Germany.

For cost reasons, the reflex gun sight was ignored by most air forces until the mid-1930s, but Oigee's concept was almost universally employed by the start of WW2.  Small numbers of limited production reflex sights eventually found their way into use by civilians, but they were both expensive and failure-prone.  Interview below is by the dentist who transformed reflex optical sights - now known as "red dots" - into what they are today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDSHKEbUSak

Edited May 4, 2017 by Geezer

[yubba]

I got an older red dot on a sks nasty.