Talk:Aimpoint CompM2

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I was wondering when was this scope released? I've certain I've seen it on Delta's CAR-15's in the movie Black Hawk Down but also know movies are unreliable in the weapons attachments. I find it hard to believe these were available in 1993. 19:27, 24 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.229.30.209 (talk)

First, the movie Black Hawk Down is not accurate - the Comp M2 didn't exist in 1993. In real life, the Delta operators and some Rangers used Aimpoint 3000s and 5000s, the only Aimpoint optics available at the time. However, both were out of production when the movie was filmed in 2001, so the Comp M2/M68 CCO was used as a stand-in (see this article). Regarding the release date for the Comp M2: Aimpoint's own web site claims that it was introduced in 2000, but this sounds inaccurate to me because U.S. soldiers and Marines have been photographed using them on training exercises before that date (for example: during Limited Objective Experiment 1 at Camp Lejune in 1998, some U.S. Marines were photographed carrying M4 Carbines fitted with the CompM2 - see here for example). I'm guessing that 2000 was the year that the CompM2 was standardized into the SOPMOD kit, but it clearly existed as a commercial product before then, and also began testing with the U.S. military before its formal adoption in 2000. -MA08P46K (talk) 01:01, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2000 was the year it began being widely adopted among the conventional army. By 2001, we were using them for basic rifle marksmanship during infantry OSUT. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 00:07, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JETDS nomenclature

Since this optic is battery powered, isn’t it an electronic device? As such, within US Department of Defense use and many NATO countries, does it also have a Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS) name; something beginning like AN/Pxx? — TadgStirkland⁴⁰¹(Tadg^Talk-Email) 06:45, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would consider it electronic even without the designation, yes. (I'd consider all red dot or holographic optics to be electronic for purposes of the category). When I was issued the CompM2, it was also named the "M68 Close Combat Optic" (CCO)" -- the Army Nomenclature System designation of M68 precludes a JETDS designation as far as I am aware. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:58, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]