Reply To: SITREP Podcast Ops Center Series 2 finale

[oriskany 60771xp 2]

Thanks, @aztecjaguar – Great question actually.  I don’t know how common it was, but it does look like night vision “starlight” scopes were used, at least by British snipers.

The first image was in the video, with what looks like a light amplification scope for the FN Fal.  Another image seems to confirm that – both of these kit loadouts are from the Falklands

As far as NVGs go, British helo pilots first used night vision goggles in the Falklands, but to help fly SAS and SBS commandos to their targets at night.  They were not used in “combat” per say, as the technology was brand new and not really trusted to the infantry at the time.