Unchained Preppers
General Category => Gear Review => Topic started by: Currahee on September 21, 2014, 07:00:25 PM
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Been training a good bit recently with NV gear, made a vid with comparisons of gear and camo patterns through NV.
Night Vision Part 6- camouflage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0sLDP1rMEU#ws)
Also put up vids on the NV gear my buds and I use... helmets etc, if you want to check that out.
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Burlap wrapping the rifle made a huge difference.
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Burlap wrapping the rifle made a huge difference.
Yes it does, we're thinking about wraps made of old ACUs as well.
http://www.everycitizenasoldier.org/id75.html (http://www.everycitizenasoldier.org/id75.html)
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Great vid ! I don't have the technology, but this SURE helps in seeing it operate. Thanks for taking the time to post this. :pirateThumbUp:
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Yes - very interesting - also I thank you for posting. :cheers:
Don't hate me for this - but the sillhouetting (against the evening sky? or was it light pollution from a nearby city?) made any small differences in the camo moot. A fairer test would be to stand in front of foliage with a similar basic tone.
Does anyone have an IR scope/ cam? I'd love to see what can be done with a space blanket ;)
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Yes - very interesting - also I thank you for posting. :cheers:
Don't hate me for this - but the sillhouetting (against the evening sky? or was it light pollution from a nearby city?) made any small differences in the camo moot. A fairer test would be to stand in front of foliage with a similar basic tone.
Does anyone have an IR scope/ cam? I'd love to see what can be done with a space blanket ;)
All of that was shot with woods background.
A space blanket is gonna help with thermal, not NV. Tin Hat Ranch did some videos on it.
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Ah - my mistake. But then I don't understand - there's still a silhouetting issue... Why are the woods so 'bright'? The cammo worked waaay better when folks were standing off to the left.
Not being familiar with this stuff - I assumed your NV was the Starlight type. Is it the infra-red type with light source?
And of course by IR, I meant thermal - which is also Infra Red - albeit a slightly different part of the spectrum and without the light source :p So yes foil = worse than useless if you shine a spot light on it :lmfao:
Thanks for the Tin Hat Ranch recommendation e.g. http://tinhatranch.com/dronethermal-evasion-cloak-update/#.VCEynpRdVBk (http://tinhatranch.com/dronethermal-evasion-cloak-update/#.VCEynpRdVBk) - less good if you touch it!
There seems to be a bunch of stuff out there :) I should google before asking silly questions :p
Found some Olive Drab - Silver double sided blankets - which could be a good start....
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Curahee
Great Video! This combined with your NVG vids is a good source of info. As you mentioned it id dark at least 50% of the time so you should understand it. Many people will buy a 2nd or 3rd firearm, back up to a backup comm set, etc. People should definitely consider dropping one of their other redundant items and consider picking up a decent NVG set up.....and most importantly should practice with it.
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Curahee
Great Video! This combined with your NVG vids is a good source of info. As you mentioned it id dark at least 50% of the time so you should understand it. Many people will buy a 2nd or 3rd firearm, back up to a backup comm set, etc. People should definitely consider dropping one of their other redundant items and consider picking up a decent NVG set up.....and most importantly should practice with it.
A good buddy is fond of saying...
"I'd rather you have an SKS and NODs than ten high end ARs"