Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
The Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) is a series of prismatic telescopic sights manufactured by Trijicon. The ACOG was originally designed to be used on the M16 rifle and M4 carbine, but Trijicon has also developed ACOG accessories for other firearms. Models provide fixed-power magnification levels from 1.25× to 6×. ACOG reticles are illuminated at night by an internal tritium phosphor. Some versions have an additional daytime reticle illumination via a passive external fiberoptic light pipe or are LED-illuminated using a dry battery. The first ACOG model, known as the TA01, was released in 1987.
TA31RCO variant of the ACOG which is designated as the M150 RCO in United States Army service
Down-range ACOG sight picture
USMC-spec M16A4 fitted with ACOG, vertical foregrip, and AN/PVQ-31.
Latvian soldiers using a Heckler & Koch G36 rifle attached with Trijicon ACOG.
A prism sight or prismatic sight, sometimes also called prism scope or prismatic scope, is a type of telescopic sight which uses a reflective prism for its image-erecting system, instead of the series of relay lenses found in traditional telescopic sights. The use of prisms makes it possible to construct a shorter and lighter sight, or with an offset between the eyepiece and objective axes.
A Trijicon 3.5x35 ACOG prism sight with a Trijicon RMR reflex sight mounted on the top.
A British L129A1 sharpshooter rifle with a TA648-308 6×48 ACOG fitted
An Elcan SpecterOS 4x prism sight with a Shield Sights reflex sight mounted on top.
Diagrams showing an interior view of the No. 7 Mark I dial sight for the British QF 18 pounder field gun. Prisms are marked H and F. (cirka 1913)