This post isn't about other commonly discussed grievances on the sights, it's about the game using sights from the wrong rifle.
The M16, XM16E1 and M16A1 and XM177E used the same sights until the M16A2 succeeded them in 1982.
Right now RS2 uses the M16A2 sights from 1982.
What's the difference? While the game uses the correct range, the actual sights are completely different. In game we have an open close range sight (200 yds) and a tiny long range sight (500 yds). Sights on models produced before 1982 should have two IDENTICAL peep sights, one at 25/200 yds, one at 500 yds.
REAL COLT M16A1 SHORT RANGE SIGHT: NOTICE THE LONG RANGE SIGHT (the one facing upward) HAS A BEVEL WHICH COLLECTS LIGHT
REAL COLT M16A1 LONG: NOTICE THE "L" USED TO DENOTE IT IS A LONG RANGE SIGHT -- IT IS NOTHING LIKE THE GAME -- IT IS NOT BEVELED ON THE SIDE WE VIEW FROM
M16A2 SIGHTS BEGINNING IN 1982
IN GAME: M16A2 PEEP SIGHT, STILL INCORRECT BECAUSE THE CLOSE RANGE AND LONG RANGE SIGHTS STILL REVERSED IN GAME
As you can see, we need to update the M16A1 sights to improve historical accuracy and to eliminate sights that appeared 9 years after the war ended for the US.
The M16, XM16E1 and M16A1 and XM177E used the same sights until the M16A2 succeeded them in 1982.
Right now RS2 uses the M16A2 sights from 1982.
What's the difference? While the game uses the correct range, the actual sights are completely different. In game we have an open close range sight (200 yds) and a tiny long range sight (500 yds). Sights on models produced before 1982 should have two IDENTICAL peep sights, one at 25/200 yds, one at 500 yds.
REAL COLT M16A1 SHORT RANGE SIGHT: NOTICE THE LONG RANGE SIGHT (the one facing upward) HAS A BEVEL WHICH COLLECTS LIGHT
REAL COLT M16A1 LONG: NOTICE THE "L" USED TO DENOTE IT IS A LONG RANGE SIGHT -- IT IS NOTHING LIKE THE GAME -- IT IS NOT BEVELED ON THE SIDE WE VIEW FROM
M16A2 SIGHTS BEGINNING IN 1982
IN GAME: M16A2 PEEP SIGHT, STILL INCORRECT BECAUSE THE CLOSE RANGE AND LONG RANGE SIGHTS STILL REVERSED IN GAME
As you can see, we need to update the M16A1 sights to improve historical accuracy and to eliminate sights that appeared 9 years after the war ended for the US.
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