U.S. Special Forces were given faulty holographic weapon sights

L-3 Communications’ subsidiary EOTech recently settled a lawsuit with the U.S. government over faulty holographic weapon sights.

EOTech 512 Reticle
By Bill Bradford (originally posted to Flickr as EOTech 512 Reticle) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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The fault lies with the sights’ inability to work properly when exposed to extreme temperatures. The shooter could missed its target by six to 12 inches due to thermal-drift.

Defective parts are still being used by some units under Special Operations Command (SOCOM), according to Navy Cmdr. Matthew Allen, a spokesman for SOCOM. Likewise, the component is still on many of the rifles and machine guns belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps.