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WWII Tabby Type E infrared night vision binoculars Type 6, 1942

Inventarnummer: 5162

2.Wk. Infrarot Nachtsichtfernglas, SOE und british army 1942 WWII Tabby Type E binoculars / RG Binoculars Type 6 frühes Nachtsichtgerät von 1942 der Briten im 2.Weltkrieg, vorwiegend für Fahrer von Jeeps und Panzerfahrzeugen ausgegeben, Länge: 43 cm, Breite: 19 cm, Gew.: ca.3,5 kg., Kopfstütze, verstellbare Kopfgurte, angeschraubte Regenschutzrohre, Augenabstands-Einstellrad, Typenschild mit Inschrift : “GJ 30, ZA 2300 I“ , sandfarbener Webbing-Kopfgurt mit Stempelung: “x14898 s ” Rohre mit roten Abnahmeamtstempeln. Sehr selten und noch mit den originalen Anschlußkabeln und Steckern ! Optik innen fast komplett, guter Zustand und alles im Originalzustand. Referenz: Dr. Seeger grau, Seite 440 und 441.

Tabby Type E infrared binoculars, RG Binoculars Type 6. Very early infrared optic used by British Army in WWII. First generation of night vision technology. Weight over 8lbs. mounted on a special frame in vehicles (tanks, jeeps…) for the driver. 3,000 sets were ordered in 1943 with 2,000 of these designated for tanks. ZA stores code on a small plate on the front of the eye pieces. condition: good , complete and ORIGINAL condition outside, optics inside nearly complete. Rare set for the collection! This special night vision binoculars is seen from the user’s point of view, with the rubber face pad against which the face was pressed. This prevented light from the binoculars escaping in the dark as well as preventing the user from being injured in a jolting vehicle. Two sources of power were used in the Tabby, both from the vehicle batteries. 12v which was stepped up to 3000v to power the screens, and a low voltage to power the demisters for the Image intensifier tubes. Because Tabbies required a 12v power source, any vehicle which used a 6v system, such as a jeep, needed a separate 12v battery to power the Tabby. Tabbies were used by vehicle drivers travelling in convoys at night. They weighed almost 9 pounds, required special head harnesses and vehicle mountings to be used, and were not man-portable in combat. Churchill insisted that Tabbies be deployed as widely as possible, immediately upon availability, and put into operational use.

Key words: WWII, WW2, 2.Wk. 2. Weltkrieg, Second World War, Weltkrieg, Jeep, kfz, Nachtsicht, night vision, nightvision, Nachtsichtgerät, Infrarot, Infrarotgerät, Infrarotnachtsicht, Fernglas, Optik, optic, optics, englischer Geheimdienst, SOE , OSS, tank, tank driver, Panzer, Panzeroptik, Fernrohr, Panzertruppe, 1942, Tabby, Army, Heer

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