On 17 July, The French Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) which is their French government’s procurement agency awarded on the Aimpoint AB / Heckler & Koch France SAS a contract for the supply of CompM5 red dot sights for the recently adopted HK416 F French rifle.
The contract covers the supply of up to 120,000 CompM5 sights over a period of six years. The CompM5 sight is the latest offering of the originator and worldwide leader in reflex sighting technology Aimpoint AB. Compact, lightweight and rugged, it will further increase the capabilities of the French soldier equipped with the new HK416 F.
During last fall’s Milipol exhibition in Paris, Heckler & Koch showed a HK416 F with a mounted Aimpoint.
Good thing both the Aimpoint and HK have been drop tested!
Batumpbump.
Thank you, thank you I’ll be here all weekend.
Hahaha.
LOL
Just curious Rich, ever worked with the French forces?
I held the same blasé racial stereotypes, until I worked side by side with the French in Afghanistan…
Racial. Didn’t know being French was a race? I served with them as well. But history does prove the joke.
“Man, we surrender to the Nazis ONE TIME like 80 years ago and you people just wont let up. Ever heard of Napoleon?”
Racial stereotypes? WTF?
Is this guy for real?
Poor guy…
Huge contract for aimpoint, the CompM5 is on the way to being the operators choice. Maybe when aimpoint starts making them in huge volume the price will drop
Why does Aimpoint still make non “S” models with the bottom mounted battery compartment? If they are going to release one later, why not do it in the first place?
On this particular model an “S” variant is problematic because of the battery compartment interfering with the mount. I’m sure aimpoint could work around that by making a fixed, AR-15 height mount, but they probably want to keep things modular.