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Steiner-Optik

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German optical equipment manufacturer

Steiner-Optik (also rendered as Steiner Optics) is a manufacturer of optical equipment for the military, hunting and marine sector. The company is headquartered in Bayreuth, northern Bavaria, and has been part of the Beretta Group since 2008. Steiner manufactures products for the civilian market as well as for the defense industry.2 It is part of Beretta Holding.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1947Founded1
  • HeadquartersBayreuth1
  • Websitewww.steiner.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900NP4OCWCF4M89513
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressDr.Hans-Frisch-Str. 9, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Bayreuth, HRB 5983

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Steiner-Optik (also rendered as Steiner Optics) is a manufacturer of optical equipment for the military, hunting and marine sector. The company is headquartered in Bayreuth, northern Bavaria, and has been part of the Beretta Group since 2008. Steiner manufactures products for the civilian market as well as for the defense industry. Its product range includes binoculars for military and police use, rifle scope sights and spotting scopes for hunting, seafaring, outdoor and ornithology. Every year 200,000 to 250,000 binoculars are produced, of which 80% are exported.2

The story

The company was founded in 1947 by Karl Steiner, and the first product of the company was the Steinette camera. In 1955, the company changed focus to production of binoculars. In 1965, Steiner was awarded a contract with the West German Bundeswehr, which it supplied with the service binoculars called Steiner 8×30 FERO-D12 Bundeswehr Fernglas (German Army Binoculars) between 1966 and 1972. Steiner was the first company to produce nitrogen-filled binoculars. In 1989, Steiner-Optik received by its own account until then the world's largest order for military binoculars, which included the delivery of 72,000 M22 7×50 binoculars to the US Army. Other innovations by Steiner optics included the first binoculars with bearing compass and the first binoculars with laser protection filters.

From Wikipedia’s article on Steiner-Optik, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

Binoculars

Wildlife

SkyHawk 4.0

Blue Horizons

Safari UltraSharp

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Navigator Pro

Commander

Commander Global

Observer

Ranger Extreme

Nighthunter

LRF 1700

Hunting rifle scopes

Ranger

Ranger BC

Nighthunter

Tactical rifle scopes

T5Xi

M series

Red Dot Sights

MRS

MPS

Lasers

DBAL series (including AN/PEQ-15A DBAL-A2)

OTAL series

CQBL-1

SBAL series

Night vision devices

AN/PVS-21

From Wikipedia’s article on Steiner-Optik, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Beretta Holding

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Timeline

  1. 1947Founded Founded1

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