plawolf
Lieutenant General
Re: PLA Photos II (Strictly Photos & Video, Pls Read First Post!)
Actually, if you look closely, you can see that these NVGs are on a standard flip down mount attached to the inside of the helmet or a head strap (more likely the latter). He is also wear either snow or ballistic goggles underneath the NVGs, and considering the wintery conditions he is operating in, snow goggles are not a bad idea, either to stop the eyes watering during extreme cold, or to prevent snow blindness from reflected glare.
Iron sights can be made NVG compatible relatively easily by incorporating special low intensity night glow dots, but whether the PLA has adopted those is not entirely clear.
For for having a binocular design or monocle design, well it's not really a clear cut case of one being better than the other, there are pros and cons to both and it is a choice on which design to use.
A binocular design gives depth perception, a greater field of view and generally better definition as our brains are hard wired to assemble two images from both eyes to give a more detailed picture than either eye will see on it's own. That is why pilots are always issued to binocular NVGs. The down side is you loose all peripheral vision, and your eyes are not adapted to the dark, so if you had to take your NVGs off, it will take a precious few seconds for your eyes to adjust.
Actually, if you look closely, you can see that these NVGs are on a standard flip down mount attached to the inside of the helmet or a head strap (more likely the latter). He is also wear either snow or ballistic goggles underneath the NVGs, and considering the wintery conditions he is operating in, snow goggles are not a bad idea, either to stop the eyes watering during extreme cold, or to prevent snow blindness from reflected glare.
Iron sights can be made NVG compatible relatively easily by incorporating special low intensity night glow dots, but whether the PLA has adopted those is not entirely clear.
For for having a binocular design or monocle design, well it's not really a clear cut case of one being better than the other, there are pros and cons to both and it is a choice on which design to use.
A binocular design gives depth perception, a greater field of view and generally better definition as our brains are hard wired to assemble two images from both eyes to give a more detailed picture than either eye will see on it's own. That is why pilots are always issued to binocular NVGs. The down side is you loose all peripheral vision, and your eyes are not adapted to the dark, so if you had to take your NVGs off, it will take a precious few seconds for your eyes to adjust.
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