Скачать или смотреть America Had No Night Vision in 1943 — So Sperry Invented Infrared Scopes

Soldiers crouched behind sandbags under the cold, moonless sky of North Africa, rifles clutched tight, hearts pounding.
Shadows shift across the desert floor, and somewhere in the darkness, German patrols move silently, unseen.
Sergeant Harris signals his men to hold fire, but the fear of invisible enemies presses on every soldier.
Above, Allied planes hum in the distance, dropping flares that briefly illuminate tanks and barbed wire ahead.
Meanwhile, far from the battlefield, engineers at Sperry Gyroscope race against time, testing a mysterious device that could change night warfare forever.
The first flickers of infrared light on a crude scope hint at hope, yet every trial is fraught with failure and uncertainty.
Could this invention finally allow American soldiers to pierce the darkness—or would the night claim more lives before it works?
In 1943, the U.S. Army faced a deadly disadvantage after sunset, while German forces experimented with infrared rifles. The race to invent night vision was a story of innovation born from necessity, fear, and human ingenuity.
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