PP-61AM Sight

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The PP-61AM periscopic sight is used by BRDM-2 and BTR gunners to aim their 14.5mm KPV-T and 7.62mm PK-T guns. It is a simple static sight with a fixed 2.6x magnification.

Note that there is no thermal channel, and no light amplification available. In other words, even at night the gunner has to use his eyesight!

Sight Symbology
PP61-AM sight picture

On the left side of the sight are the markings for the 14.5mm gun, while on the right side are the superelevation offsets for the 7.62mm gun. The numbers denote distanced in hundreds of meters. Across the top of the sight is a series of vertical lines used for range determination. The long central line is four mils high, while the short lines to either side are two mils high. The space between the lines is one mil each. All mil measurements are in Russian mils.

Note that there is no compensation for parallax so at extremely short ranges the sight markings will be inaccurate!

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