Why do some soldiers have the red strip on top of their red dots?

>>32449143
That is a Marine and he is using a Trijicon. You don't know what that is because you are one of or a combination of the following:
>nogunz
>poor

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It's a fiber optic cable that draws in sunlight and illuminates the retical so they don't have to use batteries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msgGcNK7Mi0

>>32449166
this guy is right
but
it's a strip of fiber optic material
to channel ambient light into illuminating the reticule

>>32449143
its a fiber optic tube for the trijicon acog. it collects light for the reticule. if you have any other questions, feel free to ask but in a "qtddthot" thread
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>>32449179
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>>32449166
Isn't it really stupid to have a bright red glowing bit on top of your rifle? Why did the Army cheap out and not make it camo?

And I'm pretty sure that's a soldier, marines wear either digigreens or digistripe for desert.

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>>32449186
> it doesn't work in the dark

>>32449209
It doesn't glow you stupid nigger.

>>32449215
???

ACOGs work in the dark, the reticle uses both ambient light and tritium for illumination.

>>32449230
Radiation seems pretty dangerous. Why cheap out instead of using batteries?

>>32449236
I'm not playing along with your bullshit.

>>32449209
It's a marine. Check the helmet. Also, he's probably aviation or something. Tan vest and that camo is never worn by Army.

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>>32449236

>>32449244
It's a flight suit. Required for all vehicle mounted Marines when outside the wire.

>>32449209
>And I'm pretty sure that's a soldier, marines wear either digigreens or digistripe for desert

No, that is a Marine. The giveaway is the MARPAT desert kevlar cover. Definitely not a US Army Soldier

t. US Army Soldier

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>>32449244
No the camo is wrong, that's army digipat. The Marines wear striped digitals.

Top quality b8

>>32449173
Not a fiber optic cable but tritium gas

>>32449279
You don't know what the fuck youre talking about kid.

>>32449283
either trolling or retarded enough to keep arguing even though hes wrong
.
move along here do not feed the troll

>>32449297
its a length of light gathering plastic. don't know if its fiber optic but it doesn't have tritium gas in it. The optic housing itself does but not the thing on top

>>32449283
>>32449287
>>32449305
>>32449314

Definitely b8. Not playing along anymore.

>>32449143
Hi Tommy. How's the thyroid condition?

>>32449279
>The giveaway is the MARPAT desert kevlar cover.

the obvious giveaway is the out of date mag pouch, interceptor vest and plain lack of will to live worn on his face

>>32449143
Pretty sure that's actually an Aimpoint, not an ACOG. It looks too long to be an ACOG, and marines are usually used for close assaults anyway aren't they?

>>32449297
That's not where the tritium is.

>>32449339
Please be trolling.

>>32449339
dat 60 dollar kill flash

>>32449355
Pretty sure that's just a normal A2 birdcage.

THE PICTURE IS OLD AS FUCK. IN IRAQ, US MARINES OFTEN WORE NOMEX FLIGHTSUITS THAT WERE ISSUED TO AVIATION BECAUSE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THEM WAS BURNING ALIVE IN A HUMVEE AFTER AN IED WENT OFF. GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.

>>32449143
jesus OP is retarded and doesn't know how trijicons work.

>>32449314
>>32449324
It's Tommy Thyroid. He stops by every few weeks to try to validate his shitty life with trolling.

He is the most resolutely consistent troll on the internet. In three plus years, he has only one documented incident of breaking character. This makes him both insufferable, and pretty good at what he does.

The best tactic is to call him out by name. That usually makes him leave because he can no longer fap to trolling the most gullible board on the internet.

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>>32449244
It's from the period of time when marines were issued flight suits before they got FROG unfiroms

>>32449348
>>32449369
See
>>32449372

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>>32449373
Good times...good times...

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This whole thread.

>>32449143
It is an ACOG sight with either a kill flash or a magnifier. The red strip is used during the day to light the sight so as to extend the battery life of the optic.

>>32449236
>tritium
>cheap

>>32450906
lol

BAIT THREAD.