peq-15

The Advanced Target Pointer/ Illuminator/ Aiming Light, ATPIAL AN/PEQ-15 known colloquially as the "PEQ-15" [] produced by L3Harris (originally designed and manufactured by Insight Technology, until their acquisition by L3Harris in 2010); is a multifunction IR Target Pointer & Illuminator, or Laser Aiming Module (LAM) for use as an attachment to a soldiers personal weapon/rifle, using a picatinny rail mounting system.The ATPIAL is designated using the Joint Electronics Type Designation System. The designation is made up by: AN = Army/Navy. P = Portable. E = Laser. Q = Special or Combination.The PEQ-15 was brought into service in 2003 during the GWOT. The PEQ-15 is the most widely used LAM on the market, having been the standard issue for American regular forces, and still the standard issue for US Army and the SOPMOD kit, however some military units are moving to the new L3Harris AN/PEQ-16; with the US Marines adopting the PEQ-16 with the adoption of the M27 IAR, and even more advanced LAMs being fielded by others, including the Australian Army that began moving to PEQ-16's in 2016 and supplementing infantry squads with the L3Harris Squad Rangefinder (SRF).

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