Steiner-Optik (also rendered as Steiner Optics)
is a manufacturer of optical equipment for the military, hunting and marine sector. The company is headquartered in
Bayreuth, northern
Bavaria, and has been part of the
Beretta Holding since 2008.
[ Beretta-Owned Burris Acquires Steiner-Optik GmbH, retrieved 27 August 2011.] Steiner manufactures products for the civilian market as well as for the defense industry. Its product range includes
binoculars for military and police use,
telescopic sight and
for hunting, seafaring, outdoor and ornithology. Every year 200,000 to 250,000 binoculars are produced, of which 80% are exported.
[, retrieved 27 August 2011.]
History
The company was founded in 1947
[ STEINER-OPTIK GmbH: Private Company Information - Bloomberg] by Karl Steiner, and the first product of the company was the Steinette camera.
[ UK CAMERA - Steinette] In 1955, the company changed focus to production of binoculars. In 1965, Steiner was awarded a contract with the West German
Bundeswehr, which it supplied with the service binoculars called Steiner 8×30 FERO-D12 Bundeswehr Fernglas (German Army Binoculars) between 1966 and 1972. Steiner was the first company to produce nitrogen-filled binoculars.
[ Steiner-Optik "1973 - First Binocular with nitrogen filling. Technologies to avoid Inside fogging while temperature changes"] In 1989, Steiner-Optik received by its own account until then the world's largest order for military binoculars, which included the delivery of 72,000 M22 7×50 binoculars to the US Army.
[ M22 Binoculars] Other innovations by Steiner optics included the first binoculars with bearing compass and the first binoculars with laser protection filters.
Product range
Binoculars
Hunting rifle scopes
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Ranger
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Ranger BC
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Nighthunter
Tactical rifle scopes
Red Dot Sights
Lasers
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DBAL series (including AN/PEQ-15A DBAL-A2)
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OTAL series
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CQBL-1
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SBAL series
Night vision devices
See also
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