{"id":101396,"date":"2026-08-12T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101396"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:35:07","slug":"us-army-m68-close-combat-optic-aka-aimpoint-compm-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/us-army-m68-close-combat-optic-aka-aimpoint-compm-series\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army M68 Close Combat Optic aka Aimpoint CompM Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/256QB6XkddY?si=3bcpDbBMwg-CR97n\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 16 Mar 2026<\/p>\n<p>When Aimpoint entered the competition for a US Army standard-issue combat optic in the 1990s, they really didn&#8217;t expect to win. The other finalists were Trijicon and Meprolite, and it seems like a safe bet that the American firm &mdash; Trijicon &mdash; would get the contract. However, it ended up going to Aimpoint&#8217;s CompM on both price and technical capability. This meant an order for 100,000 of the optics, requiring Aimpoint to massively scale up. It also led to a series of improvements to the design, which became the CompM2, CompM3, and CompM4. <\/p>\n<p>Today, we are looking at the history of this evolution. 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The other finalists were Trijicon and Meprolite, and it seems like a safe bet that the American firm &mdash; Trijicon &mdash; would get the contract. 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