Do Thermal Goggles exist in real life ?

[ian]

Maybe not as good as the ones in Splinter Cell or Metal Gear but do any decent ones exist ?

[ErickaUnlimited]

Yes, they exist in real life.

[ian]

Originally posted by 💝💝ErickaUnlimited💝💝:

Yes, they exist in real life.

Where can I find some ?

[Tanya Degurechaff]

of course they do, you can get cheap ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones made in china but the ones you want are with the militairy, try american forces.

[laff]

Originally posted by ian:

Originally posted by 💝💝ErickaUnlimited💝💝:

Yes, they exist in real life.

Where can I find some ?

The internet...

[tmwfte]

http://www.flir.com/home/

[Fiercest Tuna]

They are mostly military equipment, you really cannot get one. Max on black market.

[JTWibble]

They exist, they are available for domestic use and they are very expensive. Outside of Military use they are popular for wildlife enthusiasts

[ErickaUnlimited]

Originally posted by GOTTA GET A GRIP:

They are mostly military equipment, you really cannot get one. Max on black market.

People can. They're for sale all over the internet.

[Fiercest Tuna]

Originally posted by 💝💝ErickaUnlimited💝💝:

Originally posted by GOTTA GET A GRIP:

They are mostly military equipment, you really cannot get one. Max on black market.

People can. They're for sale all over the internet.

Then ♥♥♥♥♥♥ quality or high price.
Military grade stuff are way better tho

[C4Warr10r]

Originally posted by Hinami:

of course they do, you can get cheap ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones made in china but the ones you want are with the militairy, try american forces.

Hahahahaha! Oh my goodness. Thanks for the laugh, Hinami. I was just thinking I could use one.

Not laughing at you, you remind me of me when I first went into the military. I thought we'd have all kinds of super-awesome imaging devices. What I got were pieces of **** like the ones I'm wearing in my avatar. Sure, they look cool, but they are most definitely not. I could see about 70 feet and only in a 13-degree arc, with terrible picture quality most of the time. Those NVGs need so much light to work well that you can pretty much discard them in ideal conditions.

Thermal imaging devices are not any better, with an added, almost nostalgic touch of 80's pixel hell. The USMC doesn't even get them most of the time, but when we did I mad my m-16 riflemen take them off and give them to the M-249 machine gunners since they were the only ones who could plausibly hit anything using such garbage.

Luckily, during my first deployment I was given the honor of escorting a SEAL team. I may be a Marine, and a damn good one, but next to those guys I'm like a child. With the awe only children normally posess, I was gawking at their amazing gear, and I asked one of them how they got it when we got such trash. He told me "Go out and get it yourself." as he proceeded to tell me where he got all his awesome stuff from. All civilian providers.

Back then it amazed me, though it shouldn't have. I already knew most of what the government ever did was riddled with incompetence, I just thought the military would be different for some unfathomable reason. I got to learn my lesson again providing security for Blackwater, before ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ banned it and it had to change names.

So for the next two deployments, I went out and bought a lot of my own damn gear. Whatever I could afford. Better NVGs, better magazines, a nifty thermal scope, etc...

And that's what you do if you want good thermal imaging devices. Go to some civilian manufacturer like ATN and buy the best ones you can afford. They are much better than what the US government is capable of providing, and amazingly (or not so amazingly) actually cheaper than most of our gear. God bless civilians.

[ian]

Originally posted by C4Warr10r:

Originally posted by Hinami:

of course they do, you can get cheap ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones made in china but the ones you want are with the militairy, try american forces.

Hahahahaha! Oh my goodness. Thanks for the laugh, Hinami. I was just thinking I could use one.

Not laughing at you, you remind me of me when I first went into the military. I thought we'd have all kinds of super-awesome imaging devices. What I got were pieces of **** like the ones I'm wearing in my avatar. Sure, they look cool, but they are most definitely not. I could see about 70 feet and only in a 13-degree arc, with terrible picture quality most of the time. Those NVGs need so much light to work well that you can pretty much discard them in ideal conditions.

Thermal imaging devices are not any better, with an added, almost nostalgic touch of 80's pixel hell. The USMC doesn't even get them most of the time, but when we did I mad my m-16 riflemen take them off and give them to the M-249 machine gunners since they were the only ones who could plausibly hit anything using such garbage.

Luckily, during my first deployment I was given the honor of escorting a SEAL team. I may be a Marine, and a damn good one, but next to those guys I'm like a child. With the awe only children normally posess, I was gawking at their amazing gear, and I asked one of them how they got it when we got such trash. He told me "Go out and get it yourself." as he proceeded to tell me where he got all his awesome stuff from. All civilian providers.

Back then it amazed me, though it shouldn't have. I already knew most of what the government ever did was riddled with incompetence, I just thought the military would be different for some unfathomable reason. I got to learn my lesson again providing security for Blackwater, before ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ banned it and it had to change names.

So for the next two deployments, I went out and bought a lot of my own damn gear. Whatever I could afford. Better NVGs, better magazines, a nifty thermal scope, etc...

And that's what you do if you want good thermal imaging devices. Go to some civilian manufacturer like ATN and buy the best ones you can afford. They are much better than what the US government is capable of providing, and amazingly (or not so amazingly) actually cheaper than most of our gear. God bless civilians.

I heard that the army notoriously gets better equipment that the USMC.

[ian]

Also what do you all think of this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGXbgWqpiUw

[C4Warr10r]

Originally posted by ian:

I heard that the army notoriously gets better equipment that the USMC.

They generally do, but high-tech crap like digitial imaging devices aren't amongst them, not for for regular soldiers. I know because I was occasionally tasked with re-allocating resources from the army in the most discreet fashion possible. Even got something of a reputation for it. (C4) makes gear appear!

Note that this is not in violation of article 134. I never stole anything, it still belonged to the military and the United States government. That they cannot keep track of where their asserts are is no fault of mine.

As for the video, it won't play. Says playback on other websites was disabled by the video owner. Just give me the search terms and I'll look it up.

[ian]

Originally posted by C4Warr10r:

Originally posted by ian:

I heard that the army notoriously gets better equipment that the USMC.

They generally do, but high-tech crap like digitial imaging devices aren't amongst them, not for for regular soldiers. I know because I was occasionally tasked with re-allocating resources from the army in the most discreet fashion possible. Even got something of a reputation for it. (C4) makes gear appear!

Note that this is not in violation of article 134. I never stole anything, it still belonged to the military and the United States government. That they cannot keep track of where their asserts are is no fault of mine.

As for the video, it won't play. Says playback on other websites was disabled by the video owner. Just give me the search terms and I'll look it up.

Try this link it's the vid with 74,000 + views .

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Enhanced+Night+Vision+Goggle

[C4Warr10r]

After a thorough review of videos, I have concluded that they look like training films. I remember being shown videos exactly like that almost two generations of NVG/IR tech ago. Yeah, those devices will work that well under ideal conditions, when they're brand-spanking new.

This is how Congress gets convinced to buy lame or stupid crap for the military. No field-testing whatsoever. We've got these Generals and stuff that always like to be on the cutting edge of military technology, and their views are not wrong. Even a small improvement in battlefield technology yields large rewards.

Unfortunately, they go about this in an inefficient way, and even that is not entirely their fault. As with any government agency, the primary concern is simply securing funding from a bunch of disinterested lawyers who have their own agendas, not necessarily in line with those of the military. Some of them honestly believe that war can be eradicated entirely. They are no more competent in managing our affairs than they those in civilian life. Whatever they do manages to take forever, be over-budget, and not work.

That said, I hold to my original advice, go get a civilian provider. If there is an actual physical store near you, they'll let you try out these devices for yourself. Otherwise, just go by the online reviews, especially those of professional troops.