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  2. Reticle - Wikipedia

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    Reticle accessory (PD-8) used in sniper rifles. A reticle, or reticule[ 1][ 2] also known as a graticule, is a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of an optical device such as a telescopic sight, spotting scope, theodolite, optical microscope or the screen of an oscilloscope, to provide measurement references during visual ...

  3. Crosshair (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Crosshair (disambiguation) A crosshair is another name for a reticle. Other meanings include: A song by the Danish band Blue Foundation. Cross Hair (G.I. Joe), fictional G.I. Joe character. Crosshairs (Transformers), several robot superhero characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Crosshairs, a feature of some screen magnifiers.

  4. Stadia mark - Wikipedia

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    Stadia marks on a crosshair while viewing a metric levelling rod. The top mark is at 1.500 m and the lower is at 1.345 m. The difference between the rod readings is 0.155 m, yielding a distance to the rod of 15.5 m. A typical surveyor's instrument reticle has two pairs of stadia marks. One pair are on the horizontal centreline and the other on ...

  5. Stadiametric rangefinding - Wikipedia

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    Stadiametric rangefinding, or the stadia method, is a technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument. The term stadia comes from a Greek unit of length Stadion (equal to 600 Greek feet, pous) which was the typical length of a sports stadium of the time. Stadiametric rangefinding is used for surveying and in the telescopic sights ...

  6. List of Star Wars characters - Wikipedia

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    CT-9904, or "Crosshair", is a deformed clone trooper and member of Clone Force 99. He is the team's sniper, possessing genetic mutations that give him exceptional eyesight. He is the only member of Clone Force 99 whose biochip is activated when Order 66 is issued, causing him to turn on his squadmates after they rebel against the newly formed ...

  7. Vought F4U Corsair - Wikipedia

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    Goodyear F2G Corsair. The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster ...

  8. AN/PVS-4 - Wikipedia

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    The crosshair is the most basic reticle for the AN/PVS-4 and is available as either a simple crosshair, A mildot crosshair or as an aimpoint crosshair. A simple crosshair reticle can be seen on the photo taken through a surveillance AN/PVS-4. The image was taken during a wide-area blackout on a moonless night in a remote suburban area.

  9. Corsair Gaming - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded as Corsair Microsystems Inc. in 1994 by Andy Paul, Don Lieberman, and John Beekley. Corsair originally developed level 2 cache modules, called cache on a stick (COASt) modules, for OEMs.