I remember seeing a photo a while ago that was taken through a pair of Russian NVGs. I was very surprised by the quality of the image! Unfortunately I lost the photo and haven’t been able to find anything similar.
Has anyone got any pics taken through Russian NVGs? please post them here or email them to me.
Any other info about Russian NVGs would be most welcome so bring it on.
By: ageorge - 7th March 2003 at 16:08
I was given a Israeli NVG monocular sight for free , complete with the dual battery pack which clips onto your webbing belt , they were supposed to be broken but all that was wrong was that the twin batteries were fitted back to front , excellent piece of kit for shooting rabbits with at night , as long as there is some ambient moonlight they work superbly.
By: Simmer - 6th March 2003 at 11:49
I borrowed some nvgs from a friend, almost like a small hand held telescope. However the quality was pretty good. I think they cost him around £400 a few years back, so probably 1st gen.
Living in the sticks there isn’t much light pollution so using the scope to view the night sky was amazing, the amount of stars that come into view is staggering!
I wouldn’t mind a similar bit of kit, would come in usefull for nature walks after dark.
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th March 2003 at 03:21
http://www.nightvision.ru/company.html
Is a good website with a bit of info about the different generations of night vision equipment (Image intensification) and the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Has some nice gen 2+ NVGs, though they probably also have 3rd gen which they would probably only sell to their military, or police.
(in the english section under sights and Night vision devices of 2nd gen+, the PN-6K is one of the Russian military’s newer sights and comes in versions in 2nd, 2+, and 3rd gen for different weapons).
http://www.kalinkaoptics.com/cgi-local/kowstore.cgi
Is also another good website with the new Scopes used on the new model SVDs. The previous PSO-1 was a useful sight with a rangefinding scale for passive range estimation, and it was internally lit for targets in shadow, or low light conditions, and it could also detect active IR lights, but it was only a 4 x 28mm scope. (When talking about scopes the first number is magnification, while the second is the width of the lense you point at the target. x4 magnification does not make the target look 4 times bigger… it makes it look four times closer… ie a target at 1km will look like it is 250m away. (this will make it look bigger, but not necesarily 4 times bigger). The second number, which tells you the size of the objective lens is very important… the bigger it is the more light it captures and the brighter the image. The only other really important factor is exit pupil size. If you have ever used very powerful binoculars or sights you might find the image hard to see… it wobbles and is not fully focused. This is probably because the image the sight is generating is smaller than your pupil. The size of the image generated can be easily calculated. It is the diameter of the objective lens divided by the magnification… in the case of the old SVD scope it was 28/4 = 7. 7mm is a very good exit pupil size as most human eyes expand to a max of about 7mm in very low light.
Sorry.. I’m babbeling…
What I was getting to was that the new SVD scopes are variable power 3-9 x 42 power scopes (1P21). The extra magnification has been well received by Soviet Snipers as it extends their effective range, while at the same time offering larger light gathering and low magnification in low light conditions.
(I personally use a 4x 42 power scope at the shooting range, but a 2.5x 32 for hunting with my .22 as the lower power scope makes less demands on a steady hold and also gives me a wider field of view in case some stupid sheep happens to be walking past.)
This website also includes manuals that are downloadable.
Another website of interest is:
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March 5, 2003 at 9:59 pm