Warsaw Pact rail
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Warsaw Pact rail is a rail mount system used to connect aiming optics like telescopic sights to rifles. It uses a dovetail rail mounted on the left side of the rifle receiver. The mounting system is used in the PSO-1 optical sight, and corresponding rails can be found on rifles such as the Dragunov sniper rifle, the PSL rifle, as well as on AK assault rifles from 1954 onwards. However, by 1992 the side rail mount became standard on all AK rifles.
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Russian PSO-1M2 current military issue 4×24 telescopic sight. -
An SVD Dragunov with a Warsaw Pact scope mount. -
Romanian made LPS-4 scope meant for the PSL rifle.
See also
- Weaver rail mount, an early system used for scope mounts, still popular in the civilian market.
- Picatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913), an improved and standardized version of the Weaver mount. Used for both scope mounts and accessories (such as extra sling mounts, vertical grips, bipods, etc.). It is very popular in the civilian market.
- NATO Accessory Rail – a further development from the MIL-STD-1913
External links
- "The AK Side Rail - How It Works". Russian optics. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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