It is a hand-held weapon or meant for the mounted use. It is very simple to handle which makes it even more ready to use kind. This device can see what a human’s naked eye cant. All the rain, smoke, dust, darkness and fog are transparent to this device. It is a robust all weather day/night and unlike generation 3 night vision scopes, the Thermal scope senses heat. It has a video output port for an external CRT or video recorder. This makes the device ideal for surveillance and threat detection missions. The teams can learn to be more effective by eliminating the video output from the real world.
The NEDT of the device is < 0.1 C, with field of view 6.4 (V) x 8.6 (H) degrees. The magnification with which the whole thing works is 1.8 X The operating range and focus range are -10 C, to 60 C and 3 m to infinity respectively. Internal power and external power are 3 Lithium ion AA batteries and Optional respectively. Initial start up time takes more than 10 seconds. The spectral response is of 7.5 to 12.5 microns. The range to acquire moving man is >200 meters.
After the charging of the battery the operating time is 6 hours @ 25 C. the polarity control is either white hot or black hot. The rail mount is MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny Rail, (standard weaver with cross -slots) and the gain level is automatic. The video out is of Monochrome SMPTE-170M. The wireless video link is always optional. The weight of this device with out batteries is 3.0 lbs (1.36 kg) and the sizes in terms of inches is 13.25 (L) x 3.0 (W) x 3.8 (H) 33.65 (L) x 7.62 (W) x 9.65 (H). The device is water resistant and also shock resistant just like most people want it to be.
Author- 7bInfrared Products The company is into thermal Infrared products and night vision equipment like night vision goggle, night vision binocular.infrared camera.
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