AWS

AWS
Faction	British Army
Type	Night Vision Scope
Magnification	4x
Zeroing range	300 m (fixed)
Variants	None
Games

The AWS is a night vision scope used exclusively by the British Army in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the British Armed Forces DLC.

Design

This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the British Armed Forces DLC.

The AWS is a medium-ranged night vision scope. It is exclusively mounted onto one weapon platform:

• L85A2 bullpup assault rifle (5.56 mm)

The scope uses a fixed magnification of 4x zoom and zeroing of 300 m. Neither its magnification nor its zeroing can be manually adjusted.

It should be noted that the AWS is restricted to only night vision and unable switch to a non-enhanced day vision mode. The reticle is partially illuminated, though only the centre of the crosshair's bars will be visible under low-light conditions.

Trivia

• The AWS is modelled after the real-world British-made "Common Weapon Sight" (CWS) designed by Qioptiq, a subsidiary of the Excelitas Technologies Corp.
• Prior to the latest Steam version patches (CorePatch), the AWS was classified as a thermal scope that had the ability to switch between a red-hot thermal and night vision mode.
  • Its thermal vision mode was subsequently disabled, making it exclusively a night vision-only optic. It was also possible to manually adjust zeroing up to a maximum of 800 m. This too was disabled by ArmA 2's End-of-Life (EOL) patches.

Gallery

Reticle.

External links

• Excelitas Technologies

See also

Optical sights of comparable role and configuration

• AN/PVS-4 (REDFOR/INDFOR counterpart, ArmA 2: OA only)
• AN/PVS-10 (U.S. Army counterpart, ArmA 2: OA only)
• NSPU (Alternate Takistani Army counterpart, ArmA 2: OA only)
• NVS (NATO/CSAT/AAF counterpart, ArmA 3 only)