{"id":1491,"date":"2024-08-02T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2024-08-02T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:59:56","slug":"airborne-sof-soldiers-test-new-weapon-sights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"Airborne, SOF Soldiers Test New Weapon Sights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FORT LIBERTY, N.C. \u2014\u00a0Airborne and special forces Soldiers at Fort Liberty are testing the latest small arms weapon sights.<\/p>\n

The 82nd\u00a0Airborne Division, joined by the 3rd\u00a0and 10th\u00a0Special Forces Groups, are in the final stages of testing the Family of Weapons Sights \u2013 Individual, or FWS-I, for static line and military free fall airborne infiltration.<\/p>\n

The FWS-I program will provide Soldiers with thermal enablers for individual weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FWS-I gives Soldiers the capability to see farther into the battlefield, increase surveillance and target acquisition range, and penetrate day or night obscurants,\u201d said Lashon Wilson, a test coordinator for Project Manager Soldier Lethality.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican paratroopers and special operations Soldiers are renowned for attacking when and where least expected and almost exclusively at night,\u201d said Staff Sgt. Derek Pattle a test NCO with the Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, also known as ABNSOTD.<\/p>\n

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\u201cConducting forced entry operations during daylight hours leaves paratroopers exposed to enemy ground fire and counterattack during airborne assault,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why mastering night vision devices and targeting systems is a critical skill for Army paratroopers and Special Operators and vital to mission accomplishment during forced entry parachute assault.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Capt. Joseph Chabries, a plans officer at ABNSOTD, the core question for military equipment employed by Army paratroopers and special operations regarding is in its survivability.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Can the system survive airborne infiltration?\u2019\u201d said Chabries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndividual paratroopers as well as vehicles and cargo delivery systems are bristling with technology, which can at times be fragile,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnsuring these systems are both suitable and effective for issue to airborne forces often requires a more technical approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Staff Sgt. Dalton Carter, a weapons squad leader with 2nd\u00a0Brigade, 82nd\u00a0Airborne Division said, \u201cI feel as if this is a step in the right direction for army night vision and lauded the operational features the FWS-I can provide his squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FWS-I test also exposed many veteran paratroopers to operational testing for the first time.<\/p>\n

Sgt. David Brown, a fire team leader in Bravo Company, 1-325 Airborne Infantry Regiment, serving as a test participant during static line testing, said, \u201cI feel like the FWS-I can be a real force multiplier for key leaders during hours of limited visibility or when the battlefield might be obscured.\u201d<\/p>\n

During post-drop operations, jumpers assembled for accountability and to ensure all FWS-Is were fully mission capable by performing a system functions check and collimation using the mobile boresight collimation station, which is used to evaluate the bore sight retention and repeatability of the FWS-I before and after static line and military free fall infiltration.<\/p>\n

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The data from the mobile boresight collimation station allows the test team to determine if and how much the boresight reticle on the FWS-I was moved or displaced due to any shock induced from exiting the aircraft, the opening of the parachute canopy or landing on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cABNSOTD is one of the few organizations in the Department of Defense that maintains a bore sight collimation capability and the only mobile system of its kind,\u201d said Mr. Jacob Boll, ABNSOTD\u2019s operational research analyst.<\/p>\n

The ABNSOTD instrumentation section is charged with maintaining and employing this unique capability and trained extensively to conduct post-drop weapons testing before beginning operational testing of FWS-I.<\/p>\n

Maj. Joshua Cook, deputy chief of ABNSOTD\u2019s Test Division described the importance of testing and how it plays into the future of technology in warfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperational testing is about Soldiers and ensuring the systems developed are effective in a Soldier\u2019s hands and suitable for the environments in which they train and fight,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n

By Mr. Mike Shelton, Test Officer, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command<\/em><\/p>\n

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