What is a "click"?

[Moe]

This is a unit of distance I belive is used by the military.

[Knight]

What is a "click"?
This is a unit of distance I belive is used by the military.

This is anecdotal, but I recall the measurement being described to me as the distance between impact points when the azmith adjuster is turned one "click" or detent.

[Potter]

As far as I know a 'click' is just slang for a kilometer.

[goodform]

both right, a click is a kilometer, as well as one movement of anything that requires adjustment. on the vernier sights there are so many clicks to a minute to give you so much adjustment at different distances, that's fairly standard I believe

[goodform]

suppose that was a bit vague, 4 clicks is one minute of angle I believe

[Knight]

suppose that was a bit vague, 4 clicks is one minute of angle I believe

Actually that too is variable. It depends on the venier that you're using. Tank venier's, I'm told by a friend who drives them, have a different scale than morter veniers.

[TimmiG]

and is generally spelled with a K. It is indeed slang. The clicks on various aiming devices have nothing to do with the term as they vary considerably in their effect. Most artillery is sighted using Mils which are 1000th part of a circle. The number of clicks per mil or mils per click is different on any given machinegun, mortar, rocket launcher or artillery piece and has been since the gunnery arts started.....too many minds each having their own ideas of standard.....its a wonder that most of them use mils in the US versions and the metric equivilant????

TG

[parabellum]

an artillery quadrand has 6400 mils (equal to 360 degrees)
and yes a klick is one kilometers as the american military uses metric units on maps etc

[Guest]

so it's 1/4" @ 100y = 1 klik
that is if your using a Ma14
or M16
MX2?