Germans had night vision in WWII?

[LethalWolfe]

Footage from WWII was shot on film not video. And yes the Germans were some of the first to use color film (especially for news reels and such).


Lethal

 

[Antoneo]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Antoneo

Originally posted by: Broohaha
they also had flamethrowers and tactical nuclear weapons but hitler, in his infinite mercy, decided not to use them

They never made one, but they were very close to it. Much closer than was previously thought. I believe the that small brigade (sorry can't remember the name but I think they were a group of Jewish rebels) sabotaged their heavy water supply and slowed down the research considerably. But yes, Germans had their technological advances as well.

It was far from a group of Jewish rebels. It was basically the Norweigan resistance backed by England.

It sounded better when they were Jewish rebels 🙂

It sure did 🙂. I figured something would be wrong in that post. Thanks for pointing it out! Also, they were based in the mountains? I remember skiers for some reason.

 

[0roo0roo]

they weren't as advanced as you think. their armies were supplied and moved on large part by animal power😛

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Yes they had video cameras and I believe they had primitive night vision

The germans also had cool weapons like remote controlled missiles (think TOW missile)
the world's first assualt rifle
First Jet engined fighter plane

True the German's were on the cutting edge of technology

They also were leading in creating the first Atomic Bomb.

Ausm

 

[TheeeChosenOne]

The German creative factor of that age was pretty remarkable.

They invented the jet (although the Brits added a lot to this). Their tanks and planes were always a cut above the rest of the world. Submarines. Missiles. I mean they tinkered with everything.

That's why the Germans were known as the best toy makers in the world at the time.

Hitler shot himself in the foot by killing Jews who were on the cutting edge of technology back then.

This would be a grim world if a police state took hold of the world.

What a different world it would be!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

While true that they did have a lot of technology, they simply didn't have the capacity that the US had. The small European nations were dependant on other sources of raw materials. The US had an absolutely enormous workforce and source of materials.

Back to the night vision, I did some more poking around after remembering that the US had the M3 carbine which was basically an M1 carbine with an IR scope. Deployed in 1943. About a year after the Germans introduced it to the infantry. So not too far behind.

Rinky

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: ausm

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Yes they had video cameras and I believe they had primitive night vision

The germans also had cool weapons like remote controlled missiles (think TOW missile)
the world's first assualt rifle
First Jet engined fighter plane

True the German's were on the cutting edge of technology

They also were leading in creating the first Atomic Bomb.

Ausm

It's debatable. It seems as though they would've finished the atomic bomb before the allies if they hadn't also been attempting to develope jet engines.

 

[ChefJoe]

The tech was around then, but it wasn't going to be something goggle sized... probably had to be mounted to a tank or truck.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: ChefJoe
The tech was around then, but it wasn't going to be something goggle sized... probably had to be mounted to a tank or truck.

I'm guessing you didn't read the thread?

They had rifle scopes and an IR emitter for infantry.

Also found some interesting information this morning about it. Apparently if the enemy had their own setup, they could see your IR emitter through the scope without having to do anything lol. Supposedly looked like the sun and you were an instant casualty. Almost no improvement in the systems from WWII through Korea.

 

[ChefJoe]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: ChefJoe
The tech was around then, but it wasn't going to be something goggle sized... probably had to be mounted to a tank or truck.

I'm guessing you didn't read the thread?

They had rifle scopes and an IR emitter for infantry.

Also found some interesting information this morning about it. Apparently if the enemy had their own setup, they could see your IR emitter through the scope without having to do anything lol. Supposedly looked like the sun and you were an instant casualty. Almost no improvement in the systems from WWII through Korea.

Of course I read the thread, but without CRTs or portable photo-multipliers of some sort, it's not going to be very small. Read here http://www.combat-online.com/nightvis.htm they were using active IR and filters which would mean a pretty hot, large lamp.

"At the close of World War II, active infra-red (IR) had entered service. With it, a driver could illuminate the road with lights fitted with an IR filter, and see it through special binoculars. Fitted to a rifle, the system could also be used for medium range sniping.

Unfortunately it could also be seen by anyone wearing similar binoculars, and even by men wearing the next generation of night viewing equipment - Image Intensification or II. It was easy to trace the source of the IR beam - it looks like a powerful torch beam.


Image Intensification
Image Intensification is a passive system that amplifies the ambient light from man made and natural sources including the moon and stars - which gave it the nickname the Starlight Scope in US military service during the 1962-75 Vietnam War. One of the attractions of II is that it can be upgraded simply by adding extra lenses at the front - rather like adding a telephoto lens to a camera."


http://members.tripod.com/~fingolfen/irh.html

http://www.thirdreichforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=859&highlight=

http://www.geocities.com/desertfox1891/nightfightingpanthers/nightfightingpanthers.htm