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Posted: 9/19/2009 9:55:25 PM EDT
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Those setups were used from the Korean War up till early Vietnam I believe. Pretty heavy I would think. That is some GEN 1 stuff there.
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Posted: 9/19/2009 9:58:35 PM EDT
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As a former collector of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, I see a lot of stuff posted that a lot haven't seen.
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:06:51 PM EDT
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Thats not clumsy at all
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:10:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Thats not clumsy at all Germans designed it in I think 1942 or 43...called it Vampeer |
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:19:10 PM EDT
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What self respecting sniper would use an M1 Carbine?
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:19:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: What self respecting sniper would use an M1 Carbine? Its not a sniper rifle...its a 50year old portable video camera. |
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:21:24 PM EDT
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Thats not clumsy at all Germans designed it in I think 1942 or 43...called it Vampeer http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/ir.htm |
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:25:37 PM EDT
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yup Germans had it first in battle. Inafrared tanks and mp44's
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:46:09 PM EDT
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I imagine these were pretty clumsy, too. PVS-2 from the Viet Nam war era.
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:50:01 PM EDT
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Thats not clumsy at all Yeah, it's not like they didn't have access to miniaturized electronics.
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Posted: 9/19/2009 10:53:42 PM EDT
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Sweet piece of history!
But.... I thought the NV scopes were only mounted on M2 carbines and had the clamp on flash hiders. Would the one in the OPs link be an early example then? Or a parts gun? |
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Posted: 9/19/2009 11:07:39 PM EDT
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I imagine these were pretty clumsy, too. PVS-2 from the Viet Nam war era. http://www.gggaz.com/uploaded_images/Newsletter%20Images/PVS2.jpg starlight starbright |
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Posted: 9/19/2009 11:08:50 PM EDT
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Quoted: Those setups were used from the Korean War up till early Vietnam I believe. Pretty heavy I would think. That is some GEN 1 stuff there. The M3 Carbine was first used at Okinawa in 1945: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/m1irsnip.htm |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 5:57:34 AM EDT
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There is a guy at the Ohio Gun Collectors show this weekend with a complete setup (infared scope, no carbine) for $2500. Think it's the first one I've ever seen for sale before.
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