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
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, 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
Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. Most binoculars are sized to be held ...
for military and police use,
rifle scope sights and
spotting scope
A spotting scope is a compact lightweight portable telescope optimized for detailed observation of distant objects. They are used as tripod mounted optical enhancement devices for various outdoor activities such as birdwatching, skygazing and ...
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 (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: Germ ...
, 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
* MPS
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 , date=29 December 2015 , 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
manufacturing companies of Germany
companies based in Bavaria
Bayreuth