Improvement of Small Arms Pointing Fire Using Bracketing Sights: A Field Experiment Program.

摘要

There exists a need to increase the effectiveness and safety of quick-reaction,small-arms fire at short ranges in both military and civilian applications. Rapid target acquisition was identified as a key factor. A circular bracketing sight was designed to accomplish this. Used on an M16A1rifle fired in the semiautomatic mode,firing with the bracketing sights resulted in maximum improvements over the standard,Army,quick-fire technique of 31percent with stationary targets and 275percent with moving targets at a range of 50 yds (45.72 m.). The more difficult the firing task became,the greater was the differential between standard quick-fire with unmodified sights and the quick-fire with the bracketing sight. The findings have implications for weapons design,training,and other applications of the bracketing-sight concept.