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Post by xeoran on Jun 13, 2006 6:51:00 GMT -5
During the final months of World War 2, the German military came up with another ¡®wonder weapon¡± in an attempt to change the tide of battle. This was the ZG 1229 Vampir infrared site for the STG 44 assault rifle. This thing was heavy, about 5 lbs. and was connected to a 30 lbs. battery support pack designed to be carried on the soldiers back This is obviously quite useful and cool for AE;WW2 and something to make the Germans even more feared, heres a nice piccie of one;  |
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Post by skorzeny on Jun 13, 2006 7:06:15 GMT -5
Great picture. The Vampir night scope was a weapon truly ahead of its time, often combined with the Sturmgewehr, from what I've seen. Another instance of too little too late, but it would certainly be a great addition to any German 'nachtjaeger' added to the range to counter the existing Soviet snipers.
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Post by xeoran on Jun 13, 2006 7:11:18 GMT -5
From what I've heard it was only suppossed to be used with the Sturmgewehr. Certainly a great weapon, imagine one on a tank!
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Post by skorzeny on Jun 13, 2006 7:15:24 GMT -5
Actually I have seen the night vison equipment fitted to a Panzer, but only in a model kit. Not sure if that was artistic license on part of the model company or something that was actually tried.
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Post by xeoran on Jun 13, 2006 7:52:32 GMT -5
Well it's certainly an idea for our tanks.
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Post by LibrarianBrent on Jun 30, 2006 21:37:28 GMT -5
Actually I have seen the night vison equipment fitted to a Panzer, but only in a model kit. Not sure if that was artistic license on part of the model company or something that was actually tried. I believe that this was actually attempted on Panther tanks, I'm not sure if it was ever used in this capacity in a combat environment, however. |
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Post by xeoran on Jul 1, 2006 3:09:32 GMT -5
Actually I have seen the night vison equipment fitted to a Panzer, but only in a model kit. Not sure if that was artistic license on part of the model company or something that was actually tried. I believe that this was actually attempted on Panther tanks, I'm not sure if it was ever used in this capacity in a combat environment, however. Hmm, well its certainly something the Germans would be using on their vehicles in AE. |
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