ELCAN is perhaps best known for making the
prismatic C79 optical sight that is widely used on the
Colt Canada C7 and C8,
FN Minimi,
FN MAG and
CZ-805 BREN families of
firearms. The C79 is not designed as a
sniper sight
per se, but is rather intended to be mounted on a variety of
service rifles used by regular infantrymen as well as
designated marksmen. Unlike the M145, reticle illumination is through tritium gas. 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 rather than in the mount. Reticle illumination is by a battery-powered
LED 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. ELCAN has built photographic and cinematic lenses as well, for both image capture and projection for 35mm
Leica cameras as well as
IMAX. ==See also==