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Zielgerät 1229. The ZG 1229 Vampir 1229 ( ZG 1229 ), also known by its code name Vampir, was an active infrared device developed for the Wehrmacht for the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle during World War II, intended primarily for night use. The ZG 1229 was designed by Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and Forschungsanstalt der ...
First-person view through night-vision goggles of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team using an airboat. A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision.
The FG 1250 or Fahr- und Zielgerät FG 1250 (driving and aiming device FG 1250) was a German active infrared night-vision device mounted on tanks and other armored vehicles. It was developed by Ing Gaertner of the German optics company Carl Zeiss AG beginning in 1941. [1] According to other sources, it was developed by AEG and produced by Ernst ...
Battle of the Beams. The Battle of the Beams was a period early in the Second World War when bombers of the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe) used a number of increasingly accurate systems of radio navigation for night bombing in the United Kingdom. British scientific intelligence at the Air Ministry fought back with a variety of their own ...
A view through the Mark III Free Gun Reflector Sight, first produced in 1943, used on British army guns, naval guns, and as a pilot sight and a defensive gun sight on aircraft. The reticle image in this sight is produced by an optical collimator bounced off a beam splitter. The dot remains on the target even though the viewer's head is moved ...
AN/PVS-4 ( Night Vision Sight, Individual Served Weapon, AN/PVS-4) is the U.S. military designation for a specification of the first second generation passive Night vision device . The AN/PVS-4 first saw widespread use during the Gulf War and later some deployment in the Iraq War and has since been replaced by modern third-generation weapon sights.
This was in response to Allied night fighters accompanying the bomber streams to hunt the German night fighters while they hunted the bombers. The idea was to prevent Allied fighters attacking the German fighters from behind. Neptun 1 - FuG 216: A small number of experimental sets fitted to Fw 190 and Bf 109. Wavelength 1.3 to 1.8 meters.
A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post- Second World War) [1] is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods of adverse meteorological conditions, or in otherwise poor visibility. Such designs were in direct contrast ...