{"id":38675,"date":"2020-02-27T07:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=38675"},"modified":"2020-02-27T07:59:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:59:01","slug":"38675","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=38675","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/marine-corps-taps-trijicon-vcog-as-new-usmc-squad-common-optic?avad=224605_c197ae611&amp;utm_source=AvantLink&amp;utm_campaign=176117&amp;utm_medium=ale_NA\">MARINE CORPS TAPS TRIJICON VCOG AS NEW USMC SQUAD COMMON OPTIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.guns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Trijicon-VCOG-e1582722254677.jpg\" alt=\"Trijicon VCOG\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. Marine Corps this month selected Wixom, Michigan\u2019s Trijicon to supply the service\u2019s new Squad Common Optic.<\/p>\n<p>The Marines describe the SCO as a \u201cmagnified day optic that improves target acquisition and probability-of-hit with infantry assault rifles.\u201d Using a variable power non-caliber-specific reticle with an illuminated or nonilluminated aim-point, users can identify their targets from farther distances than the current RCO standard\u2013 the Trijicon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/search?keyword=ACOG&amp;author=eger_MarinesSelectTrijicon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACOG<\/a>\u00a04\u00d732.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SCO supplements the attrition and replacement of the RCO Family of Optics and the Squad Day Optic for the M27, M4 and M4A1 weapon platforms for close-combat Marines,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcorsyscom.marines.mil\/News\/News-Article-Display\/Article\/2091999\/mcsc-awards-contract-to-produce-the-squad-common-optic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>\u00a0Tom Dever, interim team lead for Combat Optics at Marine Corps Systems Command.<\/p>\n<p>The glass selected for the SCO program is\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/search?keyword=VCOG&amp;author=eger_MarinesSelectTrijicon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trijicon\u2019s VCOG 1-8\u00d728<\/a><\/strong>. The waterproof (to 66 feet) optic has a 7075-T6 aluminum housing and a first focal plane reticle that allows subtensions and drops to remain true at any magnification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARINE CORPS TAPS TRIJICON VCOG AS NEW USMC SQUAD COMMON OPTIC The U.S. Marine Corps this month selected Wixom, Michigan\u2019s Trijicon to supply the service\u2019s new Squad Common Optic. The Marines describe the SCO as a \u201cmagnified day optic that improves target acquisition and probability-of-hit with infantry assault rifles.\u201d Using a variable power non-caliber-specific reticle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=38675\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38676,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38675\/revisions\/38676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}