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VILMA (Visor Lumínico para Matar Agresores)
7.62x39 - 1x - Cuba - AKM - AK103






The VILMA is a occluded eye gunsight (OEG) produced and used by Cuba. The Unión de Industria Militar (UIM) is probably responsible for its construction. Little is known about the sight, but it appears to have entered service after 2000 at which point it would have already been outclassed by contemporary scopes and red dots. The name VILMA is an abrevation for Visor Lumínico para Matar Agresores (Illuminated Sight to Kill Aggressors). This is possibly a backronym as Vilma was the name of Raul Castro's wife Vilma Espin.

Scopes can be seen mounted either to the rear sight block or using a more traditional AKM optics rail side mount. The length of the battery case and the rear sunshade appear to vary with earlier photos having longer lenghts than later photos. Later scopes appear to be marked "VILMA 1" on the left side and have a serial number on the right side.

With the development of the newer Patria red dot sight, production of the VILMA has probably stopped.










Images



Photos showing markings on left and right side of VILMA.




With Cuban soldiers on AKM rifles.



With Cuban soldiers and milita members on parade.



VILMA sight mounted backwards.



Cuban troops from the Granma Military Region taking part in Exercise Bastion 2016.



With Venezuelan soldiers on AK103 rifles. Note the sight is mounted using a side mount unlike Cuban examples.





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