Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies, also simply ELCAN (
Ernst Leitz CANada),
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(German), retrieved 1 November 2011 is a Canadian optics and electronics
manufacturing company
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a ...
owned by American defense contractor
RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation, is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It is one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world by reve ...
, currently based in
Midland, Ontario. ELCAN produces
optical devices geared towards both civilian and military markets, and their products are sold through Armament Technology Inc. based in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
, and associated channels of dealers.
Products
ELCAN is perhaps best known for making the
prismatic
An optical prism is a transparent optics, optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refraction, refract light. At least one surface must be angled—elements with two parallel surfaces are ''not'' prisms. The most fami ...
C79 optical sight that is widely used on the
Colt Canada C7 and C8,
FN Minimi,
FN MAG
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and
CZ-805 BREN families of
firearm
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The first firearms originate ...
s. The C79 is not designed as a
sniper
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sight ''
per se
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'', but is rather intended to be mounted on a variety of
service rifles used by regular infantrymen as well as
designated marksmen.
The M145 Machine Gun Optic is a variant of the C79, which is different to the standard version in that ballistic compensation is in the
reticle
A reticle or reticule, also known as a graticule or crosshair, 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 electronic v ...
rather than in the mount. Reticle illumination is by a battery-powered
LED
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with eleven brightness settings. It is used by the US military for its
M249s and
M240s.
ELCAN currently manufactures the "
Specter" line of combat optics in a variety of configurations. The
Specter 4× Optical Sight, DR 1.5×/6×, DR 1x/4× and TR 1/3/9 are available with a
BDC reticle for the
5.56×45mm NATO or the
7.62×51mm NATO
The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, straight walled, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It is a standard for small arms among NATO countries.
First developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first be ...
.
See also
*
Aimpoint AB
*
Trijicon
Trijicon, Inc. ( ) is an American manufacturing company based in Wixom, Michigan, that designs and distributes sighting devices for firearms including pistols, rifles and shotguns. Trijicon specializes in self-luminous optics and night si ...
*
EOTech
*
ITL MARS
The ITL MARS (multi-purpose aiming reflex sight) is a gun Sight (device), sight that combines two sighting devices, a reflex sight and a Laser_applications#Laser_sight, laser sight, as well as a backup Iron sights, iron sight. It is designed ...
References
External links
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Armament Technology Incorporated distributor
Leica Camera
Raytheon Company
Firearm sights
Electronics companies of Canada
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