Your Ideal Tank Contest
Дата: 19.03.2010 05:38:56
Luftwaffle, on 19 March 2010 - 05:19 AM, said: Oh, didn't know that they had worked on them that long. I only knew
about the infrared scopes for Panthers and StG 44s around '45.MrVic: Yeah basically it was in its infancy pretty much most of the war.
Like all things they were a bit crude due to its "new". There are
conflict reports on what styles they had actually used even.
Its pretty well proven they used search light infrared where basically you shined a light that is invisible to the human eye and anything it hits is "illuminated" in the infrared spectrum. Think highlighter with a spot light. Then the driver/gunner not always both had a diode tube they looked through and through the scope which would take the highlighted objects and make them show up in a crude fashion. This makes it hard since if your the person looking through the scope is not where the spotlight is aimed its not really functional.
Another version not really confirmed and many think is fake and embellished was the direct scope sight line. forget all the details but it was more in line with modern usages and highly unlikely due to the power of the scopes/diodes they had at that time. Still its pretty amazing they advanced so far so fast and in a limited form were actually employed in the field.
Been a few years since I have really brushed up on the tech.
Its pretty well proven they used search light infrared where basically you shined a light that is invisible to the human eye and anything it hits is "illuminated" in the infrared spectrum. Think highlighter with a spot light. Then the driver/gunner not always both had a diode tube they looked through and through the scope which would take the highlighted objects and make them show up in a crude fashion. This makes it hard since if your the person looking through the scope is not where the spotlight is aimed its not really functional.
Another version not really confirmed and many think is fake and embellished was the direct scope sight line. forget all the details but it was more in line with modern usages and highly unlikely due to the power of the scopes/diodes they had at that time. Still its pretty amazing they advanced so far so fast and in a limited form were actually employed in the field.
Been a few years since I have really brushed up on the tech.
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