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Originally Posted by copeab
I'll note here that the M-3 carbine with IR sight was in use in the Pacific in 1945.
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My gosh, I had no idea it was used back then!
That answers a question I'd had about a Twilight Zone episode. Guy on was a Navy lifer who'd served on a sub in the south pacific and had survivor's guilt because he was the only crewman to survive a Japanese attack after he'd accidentally knocked an "IR filter" off of a searchlight prior to the boat submerging. For years I thought "oh well the writers were just throwing out a cool technical term they heard somewhere, only the Germans had IR gear back then..."
'course I dunno if the Navy did but it's at least plausible now
