US12729935 - Viewing instrument
The invention relates to a viewing instrument ( 1 ) for observing the surroundings and aiming at targets in the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular an armored vehicle, comprising an eyepiece unit ( 2 ) and an objective unit ( 3 ) and comprising an optical waveguide bundle ( 4 ), which connects the objective unit ( 3 ) and the eyepiece unit ( 2 ) to each other, a drive device ( 5 ), which moves a lens system ( 6 ) of the objective unit ( 3 ) along the optical axis, specifically between two or more positions, every one of which being assigned to a different field of view setting, wherein the drive device ( 5 ) comprises a force transmission means ( 7 ) which connects the eyepiece unit ( 2 ) to the objective unit ( 3 ) and transmits a manual adjustment force from the eyepiece unit ( 2 ) to the objective unit ( 3 ).