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Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars

maximus otter

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In the 2009 video game Halo: ODST, the player sees the world through a visor that outlines objects, friendly soldiers and alien invaders so as to make them easier to see in the darkness. It looks like the Army really took that concept and ran with it, since its new night vision goggles trace the outlines of soldiers, weapons, trees, walls and even machine gun fire with startling clarity.


The Army’s Lancer Brigade tweeted footage of the new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars on Thursday, showing troops walking in a field, firing mortars and machine guns and generally looking cool in the eerie glow of ENVG.

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ENVGs allow users to see through rain, fog, sleet or dust, and it also has a thermal setting which makes it effective during the day. Its ability to outline silhouettes would help troops pick out a target peeking out from behind a barrier or tree.

The goggles were integrated with another chunk of new tech, the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual. The FWS-I is usually mounted on a weapon, so you can poke it around a corner and see what’s on the other side without putting your noggin on the line.

https://www.popsci.com/story/military/army-enhanced-night-vision-goggles-video/

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