Original Item. Only One Available. This is a phenomenal gun sight off of a Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-21bis supersonic jet fighter, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

The ASP-PFD gunsight has two main components. The Pipper, which has a customizable size in order to take into account target size/wingspan. The pipper is mostly used for cannon use against non-manoeuvering targets pulling less than 3 Gs, and the Fixed Net, which is used for bombing, rocket attacks, and cannon use against manoeuvering targets pulling more than 3-4 Gs.

The sight is in great overall shape, being the only one we have ever come across. The sight itself is great without any cracks or damage. The primary wire has been cut, and is a bit sharp, so be careful when handling it from the bottom. There are two white wires protruding from the bottom of the sight which have also been cut at their ends. There are a myriad of markings in Russian across the sight which identify knobs, buttons, and other interactive components. There is a small tab on one side which opens the optical interface.

This is an extremely scarce gun sight off of a MIG-21 aircraft, which dates to around the 1960s. This is the only example we’ve had, and likely won’t have another for a long time. Don’t miss it.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: "Balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage, and "Én Bạc", meaning "silver swallow", in Vietnamese.

Approximately 60 countries across four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations seven decades after its maiden flight. It set aviation records, becoming the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history, the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War and, previously, the longest production run of any combat aircraft.

The MiG-21 jet fighter was a continuation of Soviet jet fighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15 and MiG-17, and the supersonic MiG-19. A number of experimental Mach 2 Soviet designs were based on nose intakes with either swept-back wings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7, or tailed deltas, of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful.

Development of what would become the MiG-21 began in the early 1950s when Mikoyan OKB finished a preliminary design study for a prototype designated Ye-1 in 1954. This project was very quickly reworked when it was determined that the planned engine was underpowered; the redesign led to the second prototype, the Ye-2. Both these and other early prototypes featured swept wings. The first prototype with the delta wings found on production variants was the Ye-4. It made its maiden flight on 16 June 1955 and its first public appearance during the Soviet Aviation Day display at Moscow's Tushino airfield in July 1956.

In the West, due to the lack of available information, early details of the MiG-21 often were confused with those of similar Soviet fighters of the era. In one instance, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1960–1961 listed the "Fishbed" as a Sukhoi design and used an illustration of the Su-9 'Fishpot'.