Compass Military Expedition 4 Silva®

Compass Military Expedition 4 Silva^® from well known Swedish brand is a compass with the full size base plate for advanced navigators. It is used by NATO around the world. The infantry uses it mainly as a compass of soldiers or officers.

More than just pointing to the North

For very accurate graduated measurement, the compass has a scale in mils and degrees (6400/360). Compass is compatible with almost any map thanks to the scale in millimeters and inches. It also has romer scales  1 : 25 000, 1 : 40 000 a 1 : 50 000 and GPS scale. The compass is equipped with a luminous compound to be activated by daylight or flashlight, which lasts up to 4 hours from its activation, and this allows convenient navigation even at night, dusk or impaired visibility. To the comfort and efficiency of use also contributes a magnifying glass to facilitate reading from the map and integrated magnetic decline setting. Rubber feet on the bottom of the plate for stablity and precision work with the map.

Benefits you need to know about : 

• compass with the full size base plate for advanced navigators
• used by NATO around the world
• type of compass - Silva 1-2-3 System baseplate compass
• scale in mils and degrees (6400/360)
• measuring scales for positioning (GPS)
• magnifying glass 
• rubber feet for precision work with the map
• illumination activated by daylight or flashlight, which lasts up to 4 hours from activation
• luminous compound - Tritium compound 80 mCi
• declination scale in capsule
• operating temperature: -40 to +60 ºC
• altitude - 5000m
• waterproof :IP68 (more than 100 m)
• impact resistant : 30g in three directions(XYZ)
• free fall from 1,5 m height into gravel
• patented red/black N/S lines 
• scales on base plate in mm and inches
• UTM position scales (romer scales) - 1:25k, 1:50k, 1:40k
• resolution degrees / mils - 2 / 50
• accuracy - +/- 1 degree (17.8 mils)
• settling time from 90 degree angle within +/- 3 deg - 2.7 sec
• settling time from 90 degree angle to complete rest - 5 sec
• dimensions: 12.6 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm
• weight: 36g