Warbird Information Exchange

i watch the world news nightly, naturally iraq is always at the glum front of the broadcast. question...... what is the contraption mounted on the infantry helmets at forehead level??? a video camera?? a light?? both?? i see all the ground pounders in iraq with them. is this something used in urban warfare?? is it used in jungle warfare in regions with thick foliage growth too??

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Night Vision (NVG, NODS or ANVS)

Used to help put holes in the bad guys in the dark



Shay
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thanks shay, how did you whip that pic out so fast?? wow!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

through the greatest invention known to man "GOOGLE"

Shay
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Since it's mounted to the helmet it looks a lot more comfortable than the early PVS-7 night vision goggles we used to use in the Army back in the 90's. They came with a headstrap harness which felt as though you were wearing some weird kind of sadistic S&M mask! Only thing missing was the chains and the ball gag!

John

There are lots of different types



AN/PVS-5


AN/PVS-7 series




AN/PVS-14


The list goes on as to all the different types used.

But the basic point to our enemies is:

"You can't hide........Death waits for you in the dark"









http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6920047607076027660

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=157824592872660361&q=ac-130

Shay
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Our pilots in the FA-18C had some really nice HUD type NVG, the idea was that is they died (the goggles, not the pilot) or encountered a bright light the pilot could still see without having to try and pull the goggles off. They weighted about 1 lb. and cost crazy bucks from what I was told. They could also still see everything in the cockpit. The only problem was the projected vision was just a bit off form what you could see because the tubes were above your eyes, but it wasn’t bad enough to cause problems, I think I only was able to play with them a few times.

I can't find pictures of them on the net (yet) and my pictures I took seemed to have disappeared in the mail.

Tim

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