physics

Schmidt & Bender

Schmidt & Bender is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Schmidt & Bender rather than just read about it. In short: Schmidt & Bender (often abbreviated as S&B) is a German company specialized in producing high-end telescopic sights for hunting, sports, law enforcement and military arms. The company was founded in 1957 by instrument maker Helmut Schmidt and master instrument maker Helmut Bender.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Schmidt & Bender (often abbreviated as S&B) is a German company specialized in producing high-end telescopic sights for hunting, sports, law enforcement and military arms. The company was founded in 1957 by instrument maker Helmut Schmidt and master instrument maker Helmut Bender. The company started with producing telescopic sights for large German (mail order) hunting equipment sales chains under various brand names and gradually started to produce telescopic sights under their own brand name. As of 2008, the company was still a family enterprise. Schmidt & Bender is an ISO 9001 certified company.

Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik In 1992 Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik GmbH in Budapest, Hungary was founded as an independent company by Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG, Biebertal, Germany. The process of privatisation in Hungary made it possible for Schmidt & Bender to buy the production of precision optics and fibre optics from the government-owned enterprise of the Hungarian Opticai Works (MOM). Schmidt & Bender bought Hungarian Opticai Works since this company produced and still produces the optical components Schmidt & Bender uses in their rifle scopes. In 2008 Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik employed 80 people. The fixed magnification models of the Schmidt & Bender Classic product line can be either "Made in Germany" or "Made in Hungary".

Products Schmidt & Bender offers telescopic sights in three major groups and that are those meant for hunters, for sport and others meant for professional use (Military, Police, Security). As of 2019 the following series are available:

Hunting rifle telescopic sights

Classic product line designed for hunting. Precision Hunter line. These scopes are produced on special order and based on Classic line scopes, each equipped with a top-mounted bullet drop compensator and reticles designed for accurate shooting at longer ranges. Zenith product line designed for hunting. Summit scope with 1 inch tube Stratos product line Polar T96 product line Exos product line Sport rifle telescopic sights Sport line designed for field target sports shooters. Professional rifle telescopic sights Police Marksman (PM) product line designed for the military and law enforcement. Police Marksman II (PM II) product line designed for the military and law enforcement. PM II ShortDot, product line with wide angle telescopic sights PM II High Power, product line with high zoom factors PM II Ultra Short, product line with short overall length PM II Ultra Bright, product line with high light transmission rate (similar in design to Polar T96 scopes) PM II High Power Digital BT with integrated display MILITARY MK II product line designed for the military. These telescopic sights are essentially PM II models with an additional laser filtration lens coating to protect operators against being wounded/blinded by laser light sources. The MILITARY MK II telescopic sights are marketed by sniper rifle manufacturer Accuracy International and have the Accuracy International company logo depicted on a turret. For some models the option exists to have mounting rails underneath the riflescope to provide for mounting solutions that do not use scope rings. These rails are an integral part of the scope body and can not be removed. The most recent rail mounting system of Schmidt & Bender is their proprietary "Convex rail". The Convex rail uses matching slide-in mount fasteners to connect the riflescope to the gun and offers the possibility to tilt the scope up to 1° to the left or right. Since 2017 Schmidt & Bender also offer the Zeiss rail system on some of their hunting telescopic sights in the following series: Exos, Polar T96 and Stratos. The telescopic sights equipped with the Zeiss mounting rail are marked LMZ (Light Metal with Z-rail) in the Schmidt & Bender catalogs.

Sniper rifle manufacturers using Schmidt & Bender The British high end factory sniper rifle manufacturer Accuracy International actively promotes fitting the Schmidt & Bender PM II / MILITARY MK II product line as sighting components on their Arctic Warfare family of sniper rifles and sells these products as accessories. The Swiss fire arms manufacturer Brügger & Thomet (B&T) uses specially made Schmidt & Bender 3-12x50 PM II LP product line scopes with a B&T designed TRS reticle pattern for their APR bolt-action sniper rifles. The German fire arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) uses Schmidt & Bender 3-12x50 PM II telescopic sights as standard aiming optics for their PSG1A1 semi-automatic sniper rifles.

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References

External links Official website Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik company website English

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Schmidt & Bender

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Schmidt & Bender claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Schmidt & Bender before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Schmidt & Bender ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Schmidt & Bender

In research: Schmidt & Bender appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Schmidt & Bender in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Schmidt & Bender is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Hesse, Manufacturing companies of Germany, Optics manufacturing companies, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Schmidt & Bender outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Schmidt & Bender in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Schmidt & Bender matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Schmidt & Bender?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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