What a weaponsight?

[pzluchs]

British IR experimental weaponsight. Have anybody details of this?
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[Peter Laidler]

It's a very early 60's Infra Red sight. Known as the IRR sight. They weren't passive so of you shone yours at the enemy and he also had IRR sight, he saw you and shot at you.

[pzluchs]

Was this sight used in combat? Can it mounted on other weapon?

[Peter Laidler]

Used in combat, not actual combat but in CYPRUS, yes. But useless if you were on the move. Fit anything else, not really. But our big Centurions had an even bigger version of it. The trouble was that the Soviet tanks had an even BIGGER version of it!

[koldt]

It's close to out FNC1 IR. PAS 4.
You can see the connector for the external battery cord.

[browningautorifle]

Appears to be a smidge top heavy for use in combat???

[koldt]

Appears to be a smidge top heavy for use in combat???

Not if you work out.

[Peter Laidler]

It wasn't the actual weight of the thing but the fact that the inertia during recoil.......... clockwise forces around an axis and all that stuff........ would almost rip the thing off the flimsy cover. Although the mount was quite tough and brazed (?) to the cover, the fact was that the actual cover was still just pressed thin sheet steel. And when something's got to go...............

[koldt]

There was obviously a mandate to ensure the ability to use the flip up/iron sights.
In 1961 when these came in to the system, it beat the heck out of the alternative.