Re: Tank vision systems

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Roger Books wrote:

> Horse hockey.  Does anyone "fox" night vision goggles?  Does anyone
"fox"
> binoculars?  Remember, if you are going to answer with an affirmative
> then it must also NOT block the mark I.

Near Band IR are easy to fox. Use a certain pattern material and conceal

your position in thick foliage. Binoculars are great, you just use good 
camo. Thermal imagers are succeptable to hot smoke and other obscurants.

A tank that has a good cooling system and that has been cold for a day 
will show up as ambient on thermals, especially if they have a power 
plant that doesn't give off much heat. One could also conceivably build 
into the tank the signature of some other vehicle. 

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