NSP-3 OR PPN-3 Soviet style night Vision.

[Gil Boyd]

Jim,
I remember Police Forces in the UK when the wall came down, everyone being strapped for cash at the time, and what we did was to buy a load of those TB3's I showed above.
They were bought in large numbers each with their own canvas bag, identical to the WW2 respirator bags (in fact many later found their way onto Ebay) and were being sold as genuine new WW2 respirator bags as they carried no stamps or identification, as the sights were being broken up.
The only other part that was of any use was the Carl Zeiss lens that simply screwed into the front. (The Russians captured the whole factory in WW2 on "their" side of the line and moved it to Jena, moulds and all, on reliable authority, as they split the factory and its forced labour force)

The TB3 tubes, on test, proved HIGHLY dangerous, and were radiating heavily towards the eye. If you were unlucky enough to get one that had been bounced, you ended up with Cataracts, TRUE story!!