
This configuration usually consists of a reticle that has a range finder calibrated to the height of a human instead of an animal, and at one time even the color of the scope was restriced for military silver or commercial black use. After the break up of the USSR Belomo continued to manufacture and market rifle scopes in its factory in Belarus, a country no longer ruled by Russia.īecause of this separation Belomo is able to build and export scopes in "military configuration", something that is forbidden in Russia. One factory was Zenit-Belomo which made rifle scopes as well as telescopes and camera lenses. Scope Manual.ĭuring the Soviet era optics manufacturing took place in a variety of factories around the Soviet Union. Copyright Design downloaded from free website templates.Belomo factory. Glass is excellent especially for the price in USD, construction is solid and they tend to be free of factory defects in my experience. I do not see anything that would make me assume POSP's are cheap or low quality optics. I do not believe civilian POSP's would be considered milspec but for what the majority of civilians would use them for there is no doubt in my mind they will perform extremely well and as designed. I think it is safe to say that while some POSP's are clearly marked for civilian sales there is no doubt they are tough and well built optics that are built to high quality standards. There are a few brands coming onto the market in and that are being branded differently than the classic POSP's but those are simple brand names and logo changes only, they are still manufactured by BelOMO in Belarus like the rest of them. Some are also true mildot reticule POSP's. A few small versions are calibrated for 7. Probably the most useful for an AK is the 4x24V with Simonov reticule. I'm proud to say that I continue to use his site as a reference for many Russian optics and of course the SVD Dragunov rifle.

Gear Review: The Belarusian POSP rifle scope–if only looks could kill Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. As usual, they don't give the weapon attached any bonuses aside from different sighting.

Other versions are also available from traders.

Several Duty members use it, and it can be purchased from most traders in later parts of the game. The box in Borov 's office may contain the scope. However, in Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat upgrades might be necessary in order to mount the scope. Although unlike the SUSAT the PSO-1's view includes a more visible drop compensator system which, with some practice, makes shooting at distant targets an easier task as one can easily adjust his aim when aiming at long range targets. However, the common found in-game PSO-1 scopes only have a x2 magnification despite their description.

It is a optical scope with a x4 magnification specifically designed for the SVD Dragunov.
