I learned land nav when I was in the Army in 90’s. I totally forgot that we had mirrors on our compasses, but seeing this jogged my memory and now I remember sighting in our azimuth this way.
I hope I brought up positive memories! I did a full day orienteering course with the Army back in late high school with the Boy Scouts and they were dedicated and really knew the skills. We were using lensatic compasses with them.
Yeah, that’s what we used too. Now I’m remembering clearer. Our compasses didn’t have a mirror. The lid had a slot with a wire in it for a sight. There was a little magnifying glass that you flipped up so you could put the compass up near your face and still see the dial and use the sight and shoot your azimuth to see what was in line with it. We had to pass a test on the last day of training. We were given 3 sets of coordinates. We had to plot them on our map and then go to each point and write down the number on a post that was there. Each point was 2 or 3 km from each other. There’s like a 50% pass rate on the first try. Luckily I found all 3 of my points on the first attempt.
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I’m a little confused as the military tritium lensatic compass has a wire and sighting notch for shooting an azimuth, plenty accurate. I have the MC2 as well, really nice.
The lensatic compass and the classic mirrored baseplate compass are set up a little differently. The arrow or line that gets aligned with the magnetic arrow is at the very bottom of the compass on a mirrored version necessitating looking down to see if they are lined up. That same arrow or line on the lensatic is on top of the dial and is viewed through a lens. They accomplish the same thing, and are just a little different in how you line up the bearing/site in the azimuth and how you're able to see the dial and aim at your target.
You need to clarify "a long way". I grew up in a mountainous region and it's fine to take a bearing from a long distance to get an idea of where you're heading, but you can get lost easily in some terrains by doing that. I'd argue that once you know which direction you're heading in, it's wiser to take repeated bearings as you go. Compasses aren't that accurate over long distances mate, even the best of them.
I learned land nav when I was in the Army in 90’s. I totally forgot that we had mirrors on our compasses, but seeing this jogged my memory and now I remember sighting in our azimuth this way.
I hope I brought up positive memories! I did a full day orienteering course with the Army back in late high school with the Boy Scouts and they were dedicated and really knew the skills. We were using lensatic compasses with them.
Yeah, that’s what we used too. Now I’m remembering clearer. Our compasses didn’t have a mirror. The lid had a slot with a wire in it for a sight. There was a little magnifying glass that you flipped up so you could put the compass up near your face and still see the dial and use the sight and shoot your azimuth to see what was in line with it. We had to pass a test on the last day of training. We were given 3 sets of coordinates. We had to plot them on our map and then go to each point and write down the number on a post that was there. Each point was 2 or 3 km from each other. There’s like a 50% pass rate on the first try. Luckily I found all 3 of my points on the first attempt.
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@@AdventuresInReach Keep up that great family friendly content!! It's refreshing to find wholesome, educational and adventurous content like you've been producing. Keep up the great work. 👍
I’m a little confused as the military tritium lensatic compass has a wire and sighting notch for shooting an azimuth, plenty accurate. I have the MC2 as well, really nice.
The lensatic compass and the classic mirrored baseplate compass are set up a little differently. The arrow or line that gets aligned with the magnetic arrow is at the very bottom of the compass on a mirrored version necessitating looking down to see if they are lined up. That same arrow or line on the lensatic is on top of the dial and is viewed through a lens. They accomplish the same thing, and are just a little different in how you line up the bearing/site in the azimuth and how you're able to see the dial and aim at your target.
You need to clarify "a long way". I grew up in a mountainous region and it's fine to take a bearing from a long distance to get an idea of where you're heading, but you can get lost easily in some terrains by doing that. I'd argue that once you know which direction you're heading in, it's wiser to take repeated bearings as you go. Compasses aren't that accurate over long distances mate, even the best of them.