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*Interestingly enough, as the standard service rifle for the UNSC Defense Forces, the [[MA5 series]] (except for the [[MA5K]]) of firearms do not sport any form of iron sights or [[Optics]]. It may be replaced with the targeting reticule in a [[Spartan]]'s [[HUD]] or a [[UNSC Marine]]'s eyepiece, but military personnel that do not have any eyepieces, will have the targeting reticule on their retina by their [[Neural Interface]]. | *Interestingly enough, as the standard service rifle for the UNSC Defense Forces, the [[MA5 series]] (except for the [[MA5K]]) of firearms do not sport any form of iron sights or [[Optics]]. It may be replaced with the targeting reticule in a [[Spartan]]'s [[HUD]] or a [[UNSC Marine]]'s eyepiece, but military personnel that do not have any eyepieces, will have the targeting reticule on their retina by their [[Neural Interface]]. | ||
*ironicaly, iron sights are never used and the HUD is the standard form of aiming. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
Revision as of 00:31, May 27, 2010
The iron sight is an open, unmagnified system used to assist the aiming of typically firearms. Several weapons, such as the M7 Caseless Submachine Gun and M90 Close Assault Weapon System, utilizes an iron sight, however other UNSC weapons, e.g. the MA5B and MA5C Assault Rifle's, the Machine Gun Turret, and some M6 handguns do not seem to use them, but it has been speculated that it is due to the fact that Marines and Spartans who operate these weapons have HUDs that assist them, negating the need for iron sights. This is probably a reason why personnel who don't have HUDs can't and don't use these weapons.
Operation and Adjustment
Iron sights work by providing and advocating a horizontal and vertical reference point that allow the shooter to actually align the gun parallel to the shooter's line of sight and crosshair. Once the sights are precise with each other, they are placed in correct relation to the target. This places the gun at a precise angle to the line of sight to the target. With appropriate compensation for range to the target, parallax between the iron sights and the gun's bore, and the trajectory of the projectile, a shot fired will hit the target.
Since the eye is only capable of focusing on one plane, and the rear sight, front sight, and target are all in separate planes, only one of those three planes can be in focus at one time. Which plane is in focus depends on the type of sight, and one of the challenges to a shooter is to keep the focus on the correct plane to allow for best sight alignment. A tiny error in sight alignment can be multiplied hundreds or thousands of times by the time the projectile reaches the target.
Examples of Weapons Featuring the Iron Sights
Trivia
- Interestingly enough, as the standard service rifle for the UNSC Defense Forces, the MA5 series (except for the MA5K) of firearms do not sport any form of iron sights or Optics. It may be replaced with the targeting reticule in a Spartan's HUD or a UNSC Marine's eyepiece, but military personnel that do not have any eyepieces, will have the targeting reticule on their retina by their Neural Interface.
- ironicaly, iron sights are never used and the HUD is the standard form of aiming.
Gallery
- Halo 3 SMG view enlongated.jpg
The M7 SMG
- M90 Shotgun (Torch Side).jpg
The M90 Shotgun
- M6C Magnum Sidearm.jpg
The M6C Sidearm
