Steiner-Optik (also rendered as Steiner Optics) is a manufacturer of optical equipment for the military, hunting and marine sector. The company is headquartered in
Bayreuth, northern
Bavaria
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, and has been part of the
Beretta Group since 2008. Steiner manufactures products for the civilian market as well as for the defense industry. Its product range includes
binoculars for military and police use,
rifle scope sights and
spotting scope
A spotting scope is a compact high-power telescope optimized for detailed observation of distant objects. They are used as portable optical enhancement devices for various outdoor activities such as birdwatching, skygazing and other naturali ...
s for hunting, seafaring, outdoor and ornithology. Every year 200,000 to 250,000 binoculars are produced, of which 80% are exported.
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History
The company was founded in 1947 by Karl Steiner, and the first product of the company was the Steinette camera. In 1955, the company changed focus to production of binoculars. In 1965, Steiner was awarded a contract with the West German
Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
, which it supplied with the service binoculars called Steiner 8×30 FERO-D12 Bundeswehr Fernglas (German Army Binoculars) between 1966 and 1972. Steiner was the first company to produce nitrogen-filled binoculars. In 1989, Steiner-Optik received by its own account until then the world's largest order for military binoculars, which included the delivery of 72,000 M22 7×50 binoculars to the US Army. Other innovations by Steiner optics included the first binoculars with bearing compass and the first binoculars with laser protection filters.
Product range
Binoculars
* Wildlife
* SkyHawk 4.0
* Blue Horizons
* Safari UltraSharp
* Navigator Pro
* Commander
* Commander Global
* Observer
* Ranger Extreme
* Nighthunter
* LRF 1700
Hunting rifle scopes
* Ranger
* Ranger BC
* Nighthunter
Tactical rifle scopes
* T5Xi
* M series
Red Dot Sights
* MRS
Lasers
* DBAL series (including AN/PEQ-15A DBAL-A2)
* OTAL series
* CQBL-1
* SBAL series
Night vision devices
* AN/PVS-21
[{{cite web , title=AN/PVS-21 Low Profile NVG , url=https://www.steiner-defense.com/imaging-systems/anpvs-21-low-profile-nvg , website=Steiner Defense , access-date=16 May 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408114517/https://www.steiner-defense.com/imaging-systems/anpvs-21-low-profile-nvg , archive-date=8 April 2022]
See also
*
Swarovski Optik
References
External links
www.steiner.de
Optics manufacturing companies
Telescope manufacturers