Army Selects Vortex As Next Generation Squad Optic

[3MTA3]

Amazing stuff!

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[Longwalkhome]

Is it EMP proof?

 

[solv3nt]

What happened to buy American? I thought vortex was all made overseas?

 

[3MTA3]

What happened to buy American? I thought vortex was all made overseas?

"... As the production period begins, Vortex® will leverage a talented collective of American aerospace machine shops and American lens manufacturers to supply components to be assembled entirely at Vortex® Headquarters in Barneveld, Wis. ..."

Vortex Optics Selected by U.S. Army to Produce Next Generation Squad Weapons- Fire Control - ThinkingAfield.org

BARNEVELD, Wis. – American, family-owned Vortex Optics was selected by the U.S. Army to produce and deliver up to 250,000 Next Generation Squad Weapons – Fire Control (NGSW-FC) systems over a 10-year production period, beginning in 2022. The Vortex Optics NGSW-FC, dubbed the XM157, was designed...

thinkingafield.org

 

[3MTA3]

Is it EMP proof?

I couldn't find anything on this but it can function as a standard 1-8 LPVO without batteries.

 

[3MTA3]

More on the capabilities of the optic. Especially interesting is the imagining feature that outlines people.

 

[Longwalkhome]

I couldn't find anything on this but it can function as a standard 1-8 LPVO without batteries.

Just curious if it has a ballistic computer could it be EMP resistant? That would suck if one EMP bomb wiped out the military sights on our guns.

 

[3MTA3]

Just curious if it has a ballistic computer could it be EMP resistant? That would suck if one EMP bomb wiped out the military sights on our guns.

The EMP risk assessment made by US a while back showed that things with something that would function like an antenna attached were the most vulnerable, like power transmission lines or an antenna. This makes the power grid and communication systems the most vulnerable. Most cars wouldn't even stop running, and those that did fired right back up.

FIRST EMP COMMISSION

Released on March 26, 2019: (click on title below for download) President's Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

www.firstempcommission.org

I think it's likely that these are not susceptible to an EMP, but so far haven't run across that information. In any event, even if an EMP knocked out the computer the scope will still function without power, but without electronic capabilities.

 

[clanhanson]

What happened to buy American? I thought vortex was all made overseas?

A few of their high end offerings are made in the U.S. and have Japanese glass (Japan and Germany make the best optics glass).

Edit: yes, Austria too. I forget about those odd folks.

 

[coop44]

Put some wheels on it and give a drone pilot a job.

 

[solv3nt]

(Japan and Germany make the best optics glass).

Austria would like a word with you.

 

[clanhanson]

Austria would like a word with you.

I guess I don't even bother considering Swarovski or Kahles since I'd have to sell a few organs to acquire that glass!

 

[solv3nt]

I guess I don't even bother considering Swarovski since I'd have to sell a few organs to acquire that glass!

But is Leica and Steiner any cheaper?

 

[clanhanson]

But is Leica and Steiner any cheaper?

Steiner can be had for much less, specifically the P4Xi around $600. Meopta also uses Schott glass on many offerings and their optics are reasonably priced.

 

[Aero Denezol]

That thing is fugly

 

[solv3nt]

Steiner can be had for much less, specifically the P4Xi around $600. Meopta also uses Schott glass on many offerings and their optics are reasonably priced.

And Zeiss, forgot about them. I have the conquest scope that I picked up on clearance for like $400.

 

[coop44]

IOR valdada, heck as long as it's gubberment money.

 

[SonicBlue03]

Dang, I'm going to be 18 miles from their manufacturing plant this spring. I wonder if I can go beg for a blem discount....