Скачать или смотреть The "Vampire" Rifle of 1944: Germany’s Secret 53-Pound Night Vision Prototype

The Vampire Rifles: Germany's Secret 53-Pound Night Vision System That Ended the Cover of Darkness. In 1944, German engineers achieved the impossible—they gave soldiers the ability to see in total darkness. The Zielgerät 1229 'Vampir' was a science fiction nightmare made real: a massive infrared searchlight and scope mounted to the revolutionary StG 44, powered by a backpack battery weighing 30 pounds. For the first time in human history, night was no longer a place to hide. Soviet infiltrators who had owned the darkness for months suddenly appeared as glowing green ghosts at 300 meters. Only 300 units ever reached the front lines, each one fragile, heavy, and revolutionary. This is the untold story of the world's first practical night vision weapon system—born in secret AEG laboratories and tested in the blood-soaked forests of the Eastern Front. The technology that started with a 53-pound monstrosity would eventually evolve into every modern night vision system used today."

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