night sight

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development of tanks

  • Kuwait: U.S. 1st Armored Division M1A1 Abrams tanks
    In tank: Fire control

    …major development was that of night sights, which enabled tanks to fight in the dark as well as in daylight. Originally of the active infrared type, they were first adopted on a large scale on Soviet tanks. Other tanks were fitted from the 1960s with image-intensifier sights and from the…

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