The AN/PEQ-5, also known as the 'Carbine Visible Laser (CVL)', is a

laser sight A laser sight is a device attached or integral to a firearm to aid target acquisition. Unlike Telescopic sight, optical and Iron sights, iron Sight (device), sights where the user looks through the device to aim at the target, laser sights projec ...

manufactured by

Insight Technology Insight Technology, Inc. is an optical device manufacturer based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States, USA. Insight Technology builds firearm accessories such as tactical light, tactical flashlights and Laser sight (firearms), laser aimi ...

. In accordance with the

Joint Electronics Type Designation System The Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), which was previously known as the Joint Army-Navy Nomenclature System (AN System. JAN) and the Joint Communications-Electronics Nomenclature System, is a method developed by the U.S. War Depa ...

(JETDS), the "''AN/PEQ-5''" designation represents the 5th design of an Army-Navy electronic device for portable laser combination equipment. The JETDS system also now is used to name all

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electronic systems. The sight is

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and projects a visible red dot. The unit is the Carbine Visible Laser or CVL version of the larger

AN/PEQ-2 The AN/PEQ-2 Infrared Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light (ITPIAL) is a laser sight for use on rifles fitted with a Picatinny rail. It was manufactured by Insight Technology. In accordance with the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (J ...

, and is found in the

SOPMOD The Special Operations Peculiar MODification (SOPMOD) kit is an accessory system for the M4A1 carbine, CQBR, FN SCAR Mk 16/17, HK416 and other weapons used by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) special forces units, though i ...

Block I kit for use by the U.S. military. The unit comprises a single rugged box that houses a visible red laser, which mounts to a weapon using a MIL-STD-1913 rail. The one major difference between the PEQ-5 and the larger PEQ-2, is the PEQ-5 lacks the IR illuminator/target designator which is only visible through

night vision device A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision. The ...

s. This feature is primarily used to aid with aiming while using night vision. Both are products of Insight Technologies.

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