Patent ID: 6594937
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: F41A,F41G

Abstract:
A firearm comprising:an automatic weapon having a barrel and a hand guard; a grenade launcher attached underneath the barrel of the automatic weapon near the hand guard; an open sighting device dedicated to the grenade launcher, the sighting device having an off-center line of sight and including: at least two mounting surfaces located opposite the center of the firearm on both sides thereof, and being located at both sides of the grenade launcher near the hand guard; a carrier component for selective attachment of the sighting device to either of the at least two mounting surfaces; a sight carrier detachably attached to the carrier component such that, upon detaching the carrier component and the sight carrier from a first one of the at least two mounting surfaces and reattaching the carrier component and the sight carrier to a second one of the at least two mounting surfaces, the sight carrier can be detached from the carrier component, reversed in orientation, and reattached to the carrier component, such that the sight carrier is always forwardly attachable to the carrier component on one of the at least two mounting surfaces; a front sight on a first side of the sight carrier; and a rear sight blade on a second side of the carrier.