Built by NPZ/НПЗ (Новосибирский Приборостроительный Завод/Novosibirsk Instrument-Building Plant), initial production and troops trials began in 1993, with adoption by the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) happening on June 7th, 1995 (Pavel, 2010). The НИТЬ appears to have never been adopted by the Russian army as it never received an offical GRAU number. Sights can be found marked either НИТЬ of НИТЬ-A. Documented manuals (currently only three) have final inspection dates between 2008 and 2013, suggesting at least two production runs by NPZ (one in the 90s and another in the 2000s).

Many of the design features of NPZ's later 1P63 sight can be traced back to the NITA.

Images



With Russian soldiers.



Reticle.



Variants

The hammer and sickle style mark was generally reserved by NPZ for military contracts while the pentagon inside a triangle logo was used on commerial products.

It is unclear what the difference is between the НИТЬ and НИТЬ-A. The НИТЬ-A marking seems to only show up on military marked sights, although NPZ marked sights do sometimes have the -A marking stamped but not painted in.

Military НИТЬ-A

Military НИТЬ with -A stamp.

NPZ НИТЬ with -A stamp.

NPZ НИТЬ

Serial Numbers

Their appears to be two separate serial number ranges, one for military marked scopes and the other for civilian scopes.

The serial numbers follow NPZ's normal method with civilian market sights having a simple numeric serial number and military marked sights having a letter prefix before the serial number.

Serial	Model	Mark	Images	Notes
00072	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle
00082	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2 3 4 5
00463	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle
00477	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle
00489	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2 3 4 5	Has an inspection date of March 23, 2008.
00525	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle
00540	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2 3 4 5
00586	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2	Has an inspection date of October 17, 2013.
00747	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2 3 4 5 6	Modified for battery illumination.
00802	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle		Missing both front and rear sun shade.
00826	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2 3 4 5 6
00876	НИТЬ	NPZ Triangle	2
P0026	НИТЬ-A	Hammer and Sickle	2 3
P0134	НИТЬ	Hammer and Sickle	2 3 4 5 6 7
P0162	НИТЬ-A	Hammer and Sickle	2 3 4 5	Manual has an inspection date of February 21, 2009.
P0168	НИТЬ	Hammer and Sickle	2 3
P0184	НИТЬ	Hammer and Sickle	2 3 4
P0193	НИТЬ	Hammer and Sickle

References

Pavel, P. (2010). (Retrieved November 5, 2023) Нить-А - коллиматорный прицел. Описание, характеристики, фотографии, боевое применение. http://www.ak-info.ru/joomla/index.php/devices/9-optics/155-nit


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