Abstract: A test target for thermal and similar rifle sights including a target, comating lens in a housing with a mandrel type boresighting attachment.

Abstract: A self contained protective shutter assembly for an imager eye piece inclng an eyecup, a powered shutter, switch, power supply and interface coupling.

Abstract: The invention provides a bracket to mount a standardized nightsight to a ndardized anti-armor rocket launcher which requires no modification of either standardized item.

Abstract: A periscopic eyepiece attachment connected to a telescopic night sight moed on a small caliber weapon to move the line-of-sight of the telescopic night sight to the line-of-sight required for the day sight (iron sights) of the weapon. The periscopic eyepiece is intended for use primarily with the much larger diameter night sights whose line-of-sight is usually 2 inches or more from the line-of-sight of the iron sights, rather than the much smaller telescopic day sights. The periscopic eyepiece attachment permits the shooter to keep his head at the same cheek weld on the weapon stock as when viewing through the iron sights, and thus maintains a natural shooter's stance when firing the weapon at night.

Abstract: The day-night sight mounting bracket has a day sight mounted to the weapon andle and specifically has flip out peep-sight and sighting-post on a pivot plate that is connected to a locking bracket that is wedged in the weapon handle. The pivot plate is pivotable on the locking bracket to provide any necessary elevation of the weapon when using the day sight. The locking bracket itself is mounted in the weapon handle by a three point-mounting arrangement that has front and rear pads in a weapon shoe portion of the locking bracket which fit against a foot portion of the weapon handle to form two of the three points. The locking bracket also has a tapered locking pin that fits snugly into a hole in the upper half of the weapon handle by turning a thumb screw that is threadably connected to the locking pin. The locking pin provides the third point of the three point-mounting.

Abstract: The bracket provides an improved mounting means for conveniently mounting d dismounting an infrared aiming light to a weapon. The bracket has a three point-mounting portion mounted in the weapon handle and a forward and downward angular offset portion extending to an aiming light end of the mounting bracket upon which an infrared aiming light is mounted. The forward and downward angular offset portion conveniently places a dead man switch that is on the front of the infrared aiming light close to the weapon operator's hand so that the operator may simultaneously operate the aiming light while bracing the weapon handle. After zeroing in the beam of the aiming light with the bore of the weapon, the bracket and/or infrared aiming light may be disassembled and reassembled without loss of zero.

Abstract: An infrared (IR) borescope device and a method of its use in the boresight lignment of small caliber weapons. The borescope device has a tapered or expandable mandrel for fitting into the muzzle end of a weapon and a housing containing an IR phosphor covered reticle on one side of a light transparent substrate for converting an IR aiming light beam from an IR aiming light mounted on the weapon into a visible spot of light. The housing also contains a collimating optic means for collecting the IR aiming light beam. The IR aiming light beam is aligned on the IR phosphor covered reticle by adjustment of the azimuth and elevation adjustments on the IR aiming light.

Abstract: A scatter shield and weapon aiming light arrangement wherein the scatter eld is attached to an output end of an aiming light for narrowing the output light beam therefrom. The scatter shield is comprised of a cluster of thin walled, adjacent geometrically shaped tubular sections that are contained in a rigid outer shell and whose internal walls are finished with a flat black, nonreflective coating. The length-to-diameter ratio of the tubular sections of various scatter shields may be chosen to reduce light scatter from the light beam from over a wide angle of about 180.degree. down to only a few degrees.