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Night vision imagery - Checklist |
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LL/2061 |  | Shane A. Cuomo
A Soldier from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, guards suspected insurgents after an early morning raid in Al Shahabi, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.
2004, 21 December
Digital photograph
U.S. Army
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LL/2064 |  | Department of Defence
A Soldier in a M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle from 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, trains his 25mm chain gun on enemy targets in Samarra, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.
2004, 13 October
Digital photograph
U.S. Army
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LL/2068 |  | Staff Sgt. Charles B. Johnson
Soldiers prepare to assault a building during an operation to search for illegal weapons and anti-Coalition fighters in Al Fallujah, Iraq.
2004, 13 February
Digital photograph
U.S. Army
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LL/2069 |  | Staff Sgt. Kevin Wastler, 982nd Signal Company (Combat camera)
Seen through a night-vision device, a Soldier monitors a traffic control point in Mosul, Iraq, while monitoring the flow of traffic to be inspected for contraband.
2003, 25 July
Digital photograph
U.S. Army
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army
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Contextual notes:
Technologies to improve night vision capabilities have existed since the end of the Second World War where they were used by the German, American and British forces for enhancing the vision of snipers. The early systems used a near-infrared (NIR) light source that reflected the target back to the scope where an image tube enhanced the image. By the 1950's the US Army had established the 'Army Night Vision Laboratory', at Fort Belvoir (Virginia), which was instrumental in developing new technologies under the leadership of Robert Wiseman. Through the Vietnam War (1961-1975) and the First Gulf War (1991) there were tremendous leaps in the effectiveness in equipment as new technological approaches were tested and improved. Current night vision equipment can amplify the image brightness up to 100,000 times but to improve the resolution and contrast this is normally reduced to two or three thousand times. |
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