Arrangements at the Front

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

For me, starlight alone is more than enough light, but then I do have a UV sensitivity and need to wear sunglasses outside or suffer headaches.

Yeah, I can relate. Pale blue eyes, great for night ops but bright sunlight is difficult for me to deal with without sunglasses.

[HorseSoldier]

I was surprised to find that I could drive a track in a march column on a dirt road with only 2% illumination without night vision. I hated the night vision device, because the headband got crushed into my skull under the tight-fitting CVC helmet and the greenness gave me a headache. However, I discovered later that I cannot see well enough to shoot using iron sights in 15% illumination. Guess how that went. Fortunately, it was training and so not an especially expensive lesson.

I hate driving under NODS, be they goggles or things like the driver's night sight on the A-Zero Bradleys (which turns the whole world into a neon green fish bowl). Back when I was a Brad driver I used to just pop the hatch a bit and drive by ambient light when I could get away with it.

Ditto on the shooting at night, also -- iron sights even with the big aperture on the M16 sights -- pretty much a noisemaker except at point blank range when body position and point shooting comes into play, for me. Performance gets better with a CCO/EOTech or an ACOG where I can actually see a sight picture.

[rcaf_777]

In Canada you were lucking if you had a pair of NODS per infantry section, I never use them as a grunt unless I was maning an OP or Crew Served Weapons, I don't think any drivers for any vehciles had them, the Army had M113 or AVGP and I don't they had night sights for the driver or crew, Leapord I might have had something but I was no tanker

[Legbreaker]

In my time I saw a grand total of one pair. They were in the hands of an M113 Lieutenant and on the edge of completely worn out.
Only saw one rifle mounted night sight as well. Shame the mount (which replaced the slide cover on the SLR) prevented the breach block from moving...

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

In Canada you were lucking if you had a pair of NODS per infantry section, I never use them as a grunt unless I was maning an OP or Crew Served Weapons, I don't think any drivers for any vehciles had them, the Army had M113 or AVGP and I don't they had night sights for the driver or crew, Leapord I might have had something but I was no tanker

Depends on the unit and it's current tasking really, so you were probably just unlucky. One year a reg or even reserve unit might have enough for every man or two, and the next year those sets might be allotted to another unit prepping for deployment or whatever.

[Graebarde]

NODS??? I was OLD army where we 'saw' the OLD mod zero 'starlight' scope, which you could detect something some time, but compared to the new stuff were a genuine POS. FB

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Graebarde

NODS??? I was OLD army where we 'saw' the OLD mod zero 'starlight' scope, which you could detect something some time, but compared to the new stuff were a genuine POS. FB

Ah, those were the days. When soldiering was all about individual field skills and so much less about what technology you carried.
All these new fangled contraptions! Bring back muskets I say, nay, crossbows and spears! Put the sport back into warfare!

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by Fusilier

Depends on the unit and it's current tasking really, so you were probably just unlucky. One year a reg or even reserve unit might have enough for every man or two, and the next year those sets might be allotted to another unit prepping for deployment or whatever.

not unluckly just back in "day: the Canadian Army did have alot of that stuff unless you on deployment or training for deployment, they have alot of that stuff now, I keep asking for it but my CQ keeps says Clerks are not allowed to have NODS, GL's, machneguns, hand gerandes, C-4, rocket lauchers, or any eles cool, instead I get a labtop, printer, cd burnner, paper, pens, paperclips, a coffee maker, a box of fudgie O Cookies, and enough paperwork to flatten a small village if it was dropped from a airplane

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

not unluckly just back in "day: the Canadian Army did have alot of that stuff unless you on deployment or training for deployment

If you read my post again, you might see that this is just what I said.

[pmulcahy11b]

Bright stars, the Milky Way, a full moon...those all go best with a fire and a warm girl to snuggle with...