World's Smallest Sniper Scopes Produced

By Rozainah Abdul Rahim KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Know your enemy, know yourself, so advised China's ancient military strategist Sun Tzu. Once that is settled, target your enemy. This is probably what Schmidt Bender, a leading manufacturer of precision scope, had in mind when producing two of the world's smallest sniper scopes. Measuring less than 30 centimetres in length, the 5-20x50 PM II Ultra Short and Ultra Short 5-20x50 PM II ECOS-O have almost the same specification. Except that the latter comes better equipped, among others, with red dot sight and night vision attachment to assist in targetting the enemy. "It is the shortest sniper scope in the world and a true lightweight," said its international division consultant, Benno Heger. He was speaking to Bernama during the General Police and Special Equipment Exhibition & Conference Asia at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here recently. He said both scopes were capable of 5-20x magnification, and ideal for target identification and perfect mid to long-range shot. "Thanks to the scope's short design, there is easily enough room on the rifle in front of the scope for night vision and thermal imaging attachments," said Heger. He said both scopes were already acquired by countries such as the USA, Germany and France. Meanwhile, defence analyst Sharul Nizal Salim when contacted, pointed out that Malaysia's defence forces had begun using optical scopes since the 1960s, including those produced by the German manufacturer. "There are at least 10 different types of optical scopes that I know our local defence is using right now, with each having different functions. "For example, we have SIMRAD wide scope mounted on Artifical Intelligence (AI) guns which are used for night operation," he said. Although Sharul Nizal believed that existing optical scopes owned by local defence forces were sufficient for operation, he suggested that development of possible terorrist threats such as in Lahad Datu, Sabah might require better optical scopes. --BERNAMA