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Posted: 2/19/2015 6:19:50 PM EDT
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The big "sell" of the VCOG is it's "ACOG like" reliability. I wanted to know a bit more about that.
Are K16i / MK6 / Z6i and other optics out there being broken? What exactly was the VCOG tested for to insure durability met the goal...and what was the goal? What deficiency is being corrected? What about retention of zero under vibration? What about the magnification adjustment? What about things like the erector assembly? We can go all "cave man" and look at the housing and say "MMM!!! HEAVY and STRONG! *GRUNT*" but what about the giblets inside? Does anyone know, or have a link to, or access to the answers to this? For example, Nightforce tests to 1250g's accel/decel, uses titanium springs for adjustments, and uses an adhesive which prevents glass-to-metal contact of lenses in the scope tube. I could find NONE of this type of data on the VCOG. Just talk of how awesome the housing must make the optic. |
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The problem is where a typical soldier may go from long range engagements to short range in quick order. The role the vcog fills is the acog where it can be a magnified optic useful for quick target identification at a distant. Then up close, you can set it to 1x.
The idea here is they want to get rid of the EOTech/Aimpoint with multiplier. They want to allow a shooter the power of a acog and the power of a EOTech/Aimpoint with a multiplier. It could also be easier for the military to acquire these parts and put an order in them if they are already approved. Someone saying, "Oh trijicon made it" and it'll immediately be better than saying, "Oh brand X made it" which might not be as favorable in the military supply chain. |
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