Rifle Scopes Mildot History for Marine and Army Usage?

[MosesTheTank]

It seems the Mildot system, and modern rifle optics, in the US military has developed only since the Vietnam war? Can anyone tell me when the mildot became standardized on Marine Corp and US Army rifle scopes? Was the old 10X USO scope fixed power because they hadn't yet figured out FFP? Finally, when would Navy SEALS have been required to use the Mildot system? I overheard someone claiming to be a SEAL sniper in the late 80's say that the primary method of ranging targets at that time was by use of maps. I am amazed that all this technology is so recent!

 

[totenkopf]

Re: Mildot History for Marine and Army Usage?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: totenkopf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MaxnMoses</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It seems the Mildot system, and modern rifle optics, in the US military has developed only since the Vietnam war? Can anyone tell me when the mildot became standardized on Marine Corp and US Army rifle scopes? Was the old 10X USO scope fixed power because they hadn't yet figured out FFP? Finally, when would Navy SEALS have been required to use the Mildot system? I overheard someone claiming to be a SEAL sniper in the late 80's say that the primary method of ranging targets at that time was by use of maps. I am amazed that all this technology is so recent! </div></div>

I was a Navy SEAL sniper 802-90s and we used Unertl 10xs in the late 80s. We went to the Leupold Ultra version but because Leupold wouldn't cater to sniper requirements at the time so we had to dial corrections for long shots, no mildot reticles. We used the help of Dick Thomas back in the 90s to provide the first multi-scope solutions and use different mildot configurations. We used both FFP and SFP versions to see which would work best for our requirements. Actually, we were ahead of other companies developing reticles and ballistic turret solutions. I still have my short variable I used in Somalia...it worked well on my modified M4.
Oh yes, and because we started using SIMRAD NV we needed a variable power solution to provide a clearer image, the SIMRADS at the time only really worked at 4x.

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