Schwabe: A two-channel sight for civil weapon

Main article: Weapon in Russia

2020: The announcement of release on the market of a sight for civil weapon

On July 3, 2020 the Schwabe company reported that it will put on the market a sight for civil weapon. The two-channel sight of Schwabe Holding allows to detect and distinguish the purposes at long distances.

Two-channel sight for civil weapon

According to the company, the sight is designed based on two channels – television FHD and thermovision. As a part of the last a full-scale microbolometric matrix with image output in the pseudo-color mode.

One of product opportunities – in consolidation (integration) of signals of television and thermovision channels in the uniform image. Process of integration provides image registration, received with the visible and infrared range. Depending on settings the algorithm of processing gives a priority to this or that channel and can not display objects with a certain signal level. In the warm and television systems a priority usually at television which gives information on the surrounding area and the signal from thermovision is imposed on it. It allows to detect more simply the purposes against the background of the surrounding area. Range of recognition is more than 800 meters.

The sight is equipped with a meteorological station and the ballistic calculator, for input of amendments depending on the used ammunition and meteoconditions on location. The power supply allows to apply two types of batteries – AA or CR123. Optical increase – double.

Among other characteristics - image quality, big range of recognition and also the reduced weight and dimensions. The product weighs 1.2 kg. The developer of the device – the Novosibirsk Instrument-making Plant (NIMP) which is a part of Schwabe Holding. The enterprise specializes in production of aim and observation civil equipment.

For July, 2020 prototypes passed a complex of tests based on the factory control and test center. Products are transferred to serial production and in the nearest future will appear in the Russian market. Approximately cost will be 1.1 - 1.2 million rubles. Ivan Ozhgikhin, the deputy CEO of Schwabe noted

Earlier the Refinery developed production of compact domestic warm and night monoculars. At night day the product helps to detect and recognize against the background of the surrounding area of animals, people and the working mechanisms and also to identify their arrangement of rather local reference points.