Aimpoint AB
Aimpoint AB is a Swedish optics company manufacturing red dot sights for civilian, police and military use. Comp series sights, such as the CompM2, are the most popular and is currently used by numerous armed forces around the world.
Company
Aimpoint AB is a manufacturing company founded in 1974 and is based in Malmö, Sweden. Their primary products are reflector sights, specifically the red dot sight sub-type. In 1975 they introduced their first commercial product, the "Aimpoint Electronic" red dot sight, based on a design by Helsingborg engineer John Arne Ingemund Ekstrand. This is claimed to be the first light-emitting diode "red dot" reflector sight ever manufactured. They currently offer many product lines based on this technology as well as accessories. In 1997 Aimpoint was awarded the first multi-year military contract ever for a red dot sighting system when the US Army purchased their Aimpoint CompM2, designated the “M68 Close Combat Optic”.Products
Aimpoint currently sells a large line of red dot sights marketed to hunters, marksmen, law-enforcement agencies, and military organizations all over the world. Nearly 3,000,000 sight are in use world wide today.All of their products use non-magnifying optical collimators along with battery powered light-emitting diodes to produce a red aiming point. Many sights utilize a type of mangin mirror system, consisting of a meniscus lens corrector element combined with the semi-reflective mirror, that compensates for spherical aberration, an error that can cause the dot position to diverge off the sight's optical axis with change in eye position. Aimpoint markets their sights as "parallax free", but this seems to refer to their off-axis spherical aberration correction system at one optimized distance. Aimpoints, like all other collimated sight systems, induce some parallax at ranges other than the ptimized due to the nature of the collimator.
Aimpoints divides its products in to two categories: professional products and commercial products. In most Countries Aimpoints has different distributors for commercial and professional sector.
Professional Sights
These models use Aimpoints "Advanced Circuit Efficiency Technology" diode circuitry, a newer low power consumption system introduced in 2005:- Aimpoint Carbine Optic : designed specifically for modern sporting rifles and priced to sell at an entry level price point.
- Aimpoint PRO: a.k.a. Patrol Rifle Optic. Launched in January 2011, marketed to law enforcement for usage on patrol rifles, shotguns, and sub-machine guns. Available in 2 MOA model with a battery life of 30,000 hours. Uses 2L76 or DL1/3N battery Also Night Vision Compatible.
- Aimpoint CompM4: The latest version of the military M68 Close Combat Optic. Two MOA dot and uses standard AA battery. Night Vision Compatible.
- Aimpoint CompM4s: Same specifications as the Aimpoint CompM4, but it comes with a low battery compartment.
- Aimpoint Micro T-1: The police and military version in the Micro series, comes in a matte black finish with NVD capabilities.
- Aimpoint Micro T-2: Very similar to commercial H-2 model but with added NVD capabilities.
- Aimpoint Nano
- Aimpoint Acro P-1
- Aimpoint MPS3: A machine gun sight which uses the same type electronics as the Aimpoint CompM4.
- Aimpoint CompM5 This sight is based on the design of the CompM4 but compatible with the mounts of the Micro series sights. This sight runs on a AAA battery and offers the same performance as the CompM4 sights.
Commercial Sights
- Aimpoint 9000: For hunting. Comes in long and short variant.
- Aimpoint Hunter: For hunting. Comes in four variants with two different diameters and two different lengths
- Aimpoint Micro H-1: The smallest sight in the Aimpoint family, only including the mount. Comes in 2 and 4 MOA dot.
- Aimpoint Micro H-2: Available also in orange colour as special edition in 2018
- Aimpoint Micro S-1 Aimpoint’s first sight specially designed for shotguns. It can be used on most shotguns having a ventilated rib. It features 6 MOA dot.
- Aimpoint ACRO C-1: Aimpoint’s first sight specially designed for handguns.
- Aimpoint CompC3: Commercial version of Comp series of red dot sights
Accessories
- Aimpoint 3X-C: 3× magnification module for use with Aimpoint sights. A standard grade for use by civilian and Law Enforcement shooters.
- Aimpoint 3XMag-1: 3× magnification module for use with Aimpoint sights. A higher-grade product used in real tough environments.
- Aimpoint 6XMag-1: 6× magnification module for use with Aimpoint sights. A higher-grade product used in real tough environments
- Aimpoint CEU : Mounted on the Aimpoint TM behind the Aimpoint sight. Allows the user to engage the target from a protected position.
Discontinued Aimpoint models
- Aimpoint Electronic - Aimpoint's first product and the first mass-produced electronic "red dot sight".
- Aimpoint Electronic G2
- Aimpoint Mark III - first model to have internal adjustments.
- Aimpoint 2000 - ring mounted, auto light adjust.
- Aimpoint 1000
- Aimpoint Bow
- Aimpoint 3000 - a sight with 1" tube. It is used by the French GIGN on G-3 TGS and sometimes on Remington 870; it is thought to have been used, or to be in use still, by Navy SEALs on the M4A1
- Aimpoint 5000
- Aimpoint Comp - pistol sight
- Aimpoint CompM/ML
- Aimpoint 5000 XD - improved "XD" diode for brightness/battery life.
- Aimpoint 5000 XD 2x - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint CompM/ML XD
- Aimpoint CompML 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint Comp XD
- Aimpoint CompC
- Aimpoint CompC 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint CompC SM
- Aimpoint 7000S - full-length sight for hunting and sport-shooting rifles.
- Aimpoint 7000S 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint 7000SC
- Aimpoint 7000SC 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint 7000SC SM
- Aimpoint 7000L
- Aimpoint 7000L 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint MPSII - designed for military use, medium or heavy support weapons.
- Aimpoint CompC3
- Aimpoint CompC3 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint CompC3
- Aimpoint 9000L 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint 9000SC 2X - 2× magnification
- Aimpoint 9000 SC Camo
- Aimpoint Micro R-1 - handgun/hunter model, same as the H-1 but instead of the black finish the R-1 came in a Silver finish.
- Aimpoint CompM2: The standard military red dot sight, designated M68 CCO by the US Army. Four MOA and night vision compatible.
- Aimpoint CompML2: Same as CompM2, but lacks night vision compatibility.
- Aimpoint CompM3: Available in 2 and 4 MOA models. Night vision compatible.
- Aimpoint CompML3: Same as CompM3, but lacks night vision compatibility.
- Aimpoint LPI: Infrared laser sight to be mounted on either a Picatinny rail or directly on some of the CompML or CompM sights.
- Aimpoint CS Model issued to the Swedish Armed Forces.
- Aimpoint 3XMag: 3× magnification module for Aimpoint sights.Featured behind an eotech.
Aimpoint mounting standards
- Aimpoint Micro: this mounting standard features asymmetric longitudinal profile with an additional recoil stop in the center. It is the most common mounting standard for "micro" format red dots and is being extensively used by other optical manufacturers as well. Many scope mounts manufacturers produce mounts for this standard as well.
- Aimpoint Comp: this mounting standard is unique for Aimpoint professional red dot sight in the Comp series. Some manufacturers of tactical gear and mounting solutions produce non-original mounts for this platform, however majority of available mounting solutions of this type are original and supplied by Aimpoint.
- Aimpoint ACRO: the new ACRO red dot sights are equipped with a new mounting standard that is similar in design to already existing Micro, but in a more compact form. This was also necessary since bigger Micro mounting plates would not fit most of handguns.