PSO-1

Russian PSO-1M2 current military issue 4×24 telescopic sight
Frontal view showing the designation PSO-1M2-1
View through a PSO-1 telescopic sight mounted on an SVD rifle

The PSO-1 (Прицел Снайперский Оптический, Pritsel Snaipersky Optichesky, "Optical Sniper Sight") is a 4×24 telescopic sight manufactured in Russia by the Novosibirsk instrument-making factory (NPZ Optics State Plant) and issued with the Russian military Dragunov sniper rifle.[1] It was introduced on 3 July 1963 together with the Dragunov sniper rifle.[1]

  1. ^ a b Pegler, Martin (31 October 2006). Out of Nowhere: The History of the Military Sniper. Osprey Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 1-84603-140-0.