Crosshair facts for kids

A crosshair is a circular range most commonly associated with telescopic sights for aiming firearms; often used in first-person shooter video games. It lets the player know what and where they are going to shoot.

Images for kids

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  Reticle of Bell & Howell Pocket Comparator

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  Reticle accessory (PD-8) used in sniper rifles

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  The day and low-light reticles of the integral reflex sight used on the FN P90 / PS90 USG models

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  Diagram of three types of reflector sights that produce collimated reticles. The top uses a collimating lens (CL) and a beam splitter (B) to create a virtual image at infinity (V) of a reticle (R). The bottom two use half silvered curved mirrors (CM) as the collimating optics with the reticle off-set or between the mirror and the observer.

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In Spanish: Retículo (pieza) para niños