Night Vision Equipment

Bushnell 2.5X42 Night Vision Scope 26-0100 is one of the most of affordable Gen 1 Bushnell Night Vision Scopes. Bushnell’s reputation for rugged compact design, quality manufacturing and superior performance is evident in every model of our newly designed line of Night Vision devices. Bushnell Night Vision products feature a built-in infrared illuminator for enhanced images in very low light for use when camping, exploring caves, patrolling warehouses or other locations where there is no ambient light to amplify. Backed by a 2-year limited warranty , the Bushnell line-up of night vision equipment is lightweight, compact and ready to use for work or for play. Bushnell 2.5X42 Night Vision Scope 260100 Features: Gen 1 Night Vision Monocular Built-In IR Compact & Light-Weight . Bushnell 2.5X42 Night Vision Scope 26-0100 Specifications MAGNIFICATION X OBJECTIVE LENS 2.5×42 VIEWING RANGE ft/m 4-600/1.2-183 FIELD OF VIEW ft/m 79/26 INFRARED ILLUMINATOR Built-In BATTERY TYPE AA (2) SIZE (in/mm) 6.7×3.7×2.7/170x95x70 WEIGHT (oz/g) 14/397 TRIPOD MOUNT Yes GREAT FOR Fish & Boating, Close-Range Viewing (Security), Long-Range Viewing (Wildlife Observation) HOW NIGHT VISION WORKS Bushnell Night Vision products amplify existing light, allowing you to see in dark conditions too dark for the naked eye. Bushnell Night Vision scopes are comprised of high quality image intensifier tubes and optics. Bushnell Night Vision monoculars and binoculars collect and amplify existing light through the objective lens, which is then focused on the image intensifier. Inside the intensifier, a photocathode is “excited” by the light and converts the photon energy into electrons. These electrons accelerate across an electrostatic field inside the intensifier and strike a phosphor screen (like a green monochrome TV screen) which emits an image that you can see. It is the acceleration of electrons, which provides gain and enhances the image. This is a Generation I Night Vision device . If you

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I’m researching an accident that occured in 1978. I was wondering if tower controllers used FLIR or Night Vision Binoculars at that time, and if they could use them to verify a gear down emergency. Hoping I might even find a link to a site that explains this equipment.

No. In no tower that I have ever been in nor worked in has there been any kind of binoculars other than your standard set. That’s something I’ve never even heard of being used, ever. They really wouldn’t be of much use up there. At night, it’s simply up to the pilots to ensure their gear is down.

Inspired by ATN’s quest for technical perfection and named after the Roman God of War, the ATN MARS NV riflescopes represent the latest in the world of night vision equipment. The ATN MARS features only the purest grades of heavy glass and computer-aided optical designs to create multi-element, high-speed, multi-coated lenses for ultra-fast light transmission and resolution beyond current military standards.

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The Browning M2 Heavy Barrel .50 has a maximum effective range of 1.2 miles. This is far beyond an RPG or AK47, which are the weapons of choice of these so called ‘pirates’. Why can’t we arm our merchant vessels with a squad of men proficient in the use of the .50, along with several of the guns. They could be in removable mounts and stowable, in case laws in other countries prohibit armed merchant vessels from entering port. With modern radar, merchant ships should be able to ‘see’ unidentified vessels approaching in plenty of time to ‘man the guns’ and get ready to fire. Flares, Infrared, and Night Vision Equipment could be used at night. A .50 in the hands of a good gunner should be able to saw these flimsy boats used by these ‘pirates’ down the water line before they even get close enough to fire a shot themselves, shouldn’t it? After several hundred ‘pirates’ get dispatched, they might try another line of work. I’d also like to hear from anyone with experience with the .50, former servicemen, etc. what you think of this idea.

Some people would feel bad that poor minority disadvantaged pirates were harmed. Also this kind of action is a kind of self-reliance, a self helping that is totally against the proper behavior of calling for and depending on help from only approved government or UN organizations.

Where would this lead? To people themselves thinking that they might be able to practice self-defence. That people might see that government is really only minimally necessary. That kind of thinking cannot be allowed.

The Bullet That Kills You
Written by Semper Fi Reborn

30 seconds
I have just 30 seconds
To live or die?
That is indeed the question
I will live
If I just keep moving
If I keep running
GET DOWN!!!!
I use my internal motor
To avoid mortars
Or end up muerto
Where’s the motivation in that?
The compensation in that
Is I’m still running after only 20 seconds
Death is a temptress
Who seductively beckons for me
Not a skeleton with a scythe
Not a cloaked figure
Death has a different uniform
And extra ammo clips
Death hates me
Death is persistent
Death has night vision equipment
Speaks with an accent
Spits when she speaks her poison
Wants me to lose my concentration
Stop running
Stop shooting
And notice the hole in my chest
Fall to my knees
Crying
Watching my vision tunnel
My life spiral
As the day darkens
She smiles and leans close to my ear
Whispering words
I barely hear, but still do
You never hear the bullet that kills you
Death sings
Sure enough
I didn’t
Thanks for an honest and insightful critique Neonman. My reference to 30 seconds is the life expectancy that is given to every Infantryman from the boat to the beach. I am a former Marine Corps Infantryman. 30 seconds was a very real window of life for me and millions of others. Sadly, it still is.

"Death hates me
Death is persistent
Death has Night Vision Equipment"

Very strong. TD

Inspired by ATN’s quest for technical perfection and named after the Roman God of War, the ATN MARS NV riflescopes represent the latest in the world of night vision equipment. The ATN MARS features only the purest grades of heavy glass and computer-aided optical designs to create multi-element, high-speed, multi-coated lenses for ultra-fast light transmission and resolution beyond current military standards.

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The 17-year-old pleads guilty to fatally shooting Agent Robert W. Rosas Jr., who was lured out of his vehicle in July while patrolling a remote area east of San Diego.
Reporting from San Diego – A Mexican teenager pleaded guilty Friday to fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last summer while attempting to rob him of government property in a remote area east of San Diego.

Christian Daniel Castro-Alvarez, 17, and an unspecified number of co-conspirators crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and lured Agent Robert W. Rosas Jr. out of his vehicle while he was on routine patrol, according to the plea agreement filed in federal court in San Diego.

Rosas, 30, was shot multiple times by Castro-Alvarez and one or more co-conspirators. Rosas suffered four gunshot wounds to the head and four more to his neck and torso.

Castro-Alvarez voluntarily surrendered in August to U.S. authorities at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The other suspects remain at large, according to the FBI, the lead U.S. agency on the case.

"Today’s guilty plea makes it clear that those who harm our brave men and women in uniform will be swiftly brought to justice and punished," said Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. "I am confident that any others involved in Agent Rosas’ tragic death will also be held responsible."

Rosas, a father of two, was the first border agent to be shot and killed in the line of duty in nearly a decade. He was patrolling alone near Campo on the night of July 23 in a rugged area 60 miles east of San Diego where drug- and human-smugglers frequently operate.

Castro-Alvarez was part of a group of bandits or smugglers operating out of the nearby Mexican community of Jardines Del Rincon, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation.

The group crossed the border intending to steal Rosas’ night-vision goggles, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on the case. Rosas was killed during the ensuing struggle.

The assailants stole Rosas’ radio and weapon, along with his night-vision equipment.

The shooting prompted a large-scale manhunt on both sides of the border. Mexican authorities permitted U.S. canine units and helicopters to cross the border in their hunt for suspects.

Mexican police arrested several suspects in the hours after the shooting, including one man running from the area with a 9-millimeter handgun tucked in his belt. But none of those suspects apparently was connected with the crime.

It is unclear how Castro-Alvarez was identified as a suspect and how he ended up turning himself in at the border, but U.S. officials said Mexican authorities have provided significant assistance throughout the investigation.

Castro-Alvarez, who will be sentenced as an adult, faces a maximum of life in prison on charges of murdering a federal officer in perpetration of a robbery and aiding and abetting. Sentencing is scheduled for February. His San Diego-based attorney, Ezekiel E. Cortez, was not available for comment.

Since the incident, the Border Patrol has beefed up security in the area and illegal activity has declined significantly, authorities said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border-agent21-2009nov21,0,665788.story?track=rss

It should be considered an act of war and he should be executed.

Just one more hard working, law abiding, family oriented illegal that came here to feed his family.

I have a question about Night Vision Equipment. I know Night vision works by sending out an invisible beam and enhancing that beam. What happens if more then one person is using NV equipment at the same time and in the same area?

I am asking because of a ghost hunting show that was on. In the show several people were using NV equipment and they recorded shadows that looked like people. The shadows appeared in front of near by trees and basically in front of the cameras. Specifically I saw 3 people with goggles, 2 cameras and one thermal camera that also had night vision.

To me this shows that the people using NV behind the camera man were casting beams from several angles that caused shadows from the people around. The show claims that these are shadows of ghost children.

I am posting here because my main question is about night vision equipment; and I want answers about the equipment not about the existence of ghosts.

I was active Army for 6 years and have a good bit of experience with a few NVG models. As to what they were using i cant answer you, but most NVG systems take in infrared light and magnify it so you can see. the device usually has the ability to project a narrow “spot” of IR light if its a moonless night and so on.
Older model NVG devices can produce some interesting things. I was using an old starlight model because my 14′s got broken getting out of a CH-47. Thank god I only had to use them for a few days. The starlight has no grain (fuzz like an old TV) adjustment and looking through them for long periods of time in certain terrain features can produce some “ghosting” effect which is a trick of the ambient light and shadow through the magnification and filtering portion of the device.
All that being said most newer gen 4 or 5 devices have overcome these faults. ps-unless its pitch black (no ambient light) using you IR illuminator A.) makes no sense B.) makes you stand out to anyone else with NVG’s and can interfere with the filters on your buddy’s system, i.e.- overload if you look him in the face while his are turned on.

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I have a question about Night Vision Equipment. I know NV works by enhancing ambient light. It also is equipped with it’s own non-visible light for use when no ambient light is available. What happens if more then one person is using NV equipment (with the light on) at the same time and in the same area?

I am asking because of a ghost hunting show (Children of the Grave) that was on. In the show several people were using NV equipment and they recorded shadows that looked like people. The shadows appeared in front of near by trees and basically in front of the cameras. Specifically I saw 3 people with goggles, 2 cameras and one thermal camera that also had night vision.

To me this shows that the people using NV behind the camera were casting beams from several angles that caused shadows from the people around. The show claims that these are shadows of ghost children.

I am posting here because my main question is about night vision equipment; and I want answers about the equipment not about the existence of ghosts.

That could happen if you were adding infra-red illumination to the mix. Basically infra-red illuminators add light than can not be seen by the naked eye but can be seen by NV. So if someone was behind you with IR and you were looking straight away from them you could see a shadow. A lot of NV equipment comes with IR on them because it helps in places with no, or low, ambient lighting.