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A pair of marines scan with M16A4 rifles in Fallujah, Iraq (December 2004); the one in the foreground has an ITL MARS attached via a MIL-STD-1913 "Picatinny rail".
The ITL MARS (multi-purpose aiming reflex sight) is a gun sight that combines two sighting devices, a reflex sight and a laser sight, as well as a backup iron sight. It is designed and produced by ITL Optronics company, based in Israel. The laser may be either visible or infrared and can be activated as needed via a pressure switch. It has been purchased by a number of forces including the U.S. military for its M16 series weapons, Israel for its IMI Tavor TAR-21 rifle, and India (locally manufactured under license as raptor sight) for its INSAS rifle, as well as other commercial customers.
Optics & sensors:
Magnification:
1x
Sight exit aperture:
25mm
Reflex dot diameter:
0.3mRad (about 1" @ 100m)
Parallax:
<0.2mRad at infinity
Light transmission:
85% for photopic response
Red dot compensation:
Automatic, dynamic range = 1
Dot intensity control:
Off, high, medium, low, very low 5 positions (NVGs)
Optical distortion:
0.5° angular deviation of parallel light beams through the sight
Laser pointers
Red:
650 nm, 1.0 mW, Class 2 (IEC 825-1)
IR (optional):
850 nm, 0.4 mW, Class 1 (IEC 825-1)**restricted to law enforcement and military only
Beam divergence:
0.5 mRad
Zeroing
Adjustment:
Reflex sight and pointing lasers adjusted with one operation
Physical
Weight:
15.2 oz. with battery and cable
Dimensions:
4.9 in (L), 1.7 in (W), 3.4 in (H)
Adapter:
Picatinny rail
Electrical
Power source:
Single 1.5 V "AA" battery
Reflex sight operation:
200 hr continuous
Laser pointer:
10,000 operations of 5 s each
Low voltage warning:
@ 1 V ±0.1 V, non-interfering with sight operation
