Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

[khall540]

The other night I was talking binoculars with my father in law as I had just purchased a set of bushnells for bowhunting. He begins to tell me how he has this old set of military night vision binoculuars. 2 minutes later his wife comes out of the basement and sets this green box on the table. They think it is from the Vietnam era. Does anyone have any ideas on when/where this is from or what it would be valued at today? I couldnt get it to power up and I have never seen "batteries" like the one this has.

 

[BackCountry0311]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

They are m18's from the late 60's early 70's

 

[BackCountry0311]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

http://store.colemans.com/cart/m18-night-vision-binoculars-p-1198.html

They have a pair here for 600 bucks. Nice find!

 

[znztivguy]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

Generation ones? Can they even compare to the toys we have nowadays?

 

[khall540]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

Thanks for the assist guys!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: znztiv</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Generation ones? Can they even compare to the toys we have nowadays?</div></div>

I think these were made before there was even a "generation" label for night vision devices. I can't imagine how the image these things produce would compare to today's standards.

 

[DocBach]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

look for a TM for em, it will tell you what batteries it needs (probably impossible to find) and how to perform a maintenance check on it.

 

[DocBach]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/tm-9-6650-215-12.pdf
http://www.combatindex.com/store/tech_man/Sample/Optics/TM_9-6650-215-34.pdf

First page of the TM:

WARNING
HIGH VOLTAGE
is used in the operation
of this equipment
DEATH ON CONTACT

 

[SPfeiffer]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: FoxtrotUniform308</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://store.colemans.com/cart/m18-night-vision-binoculars-p-1198.html

They have a pair here for 600 bucks. Nice find!</div></div>

looked up the link... $600 for something they don't even know if it works... now that takes balls.

 

[khall540]

Re: Can you help I.D. this Night Vision?

DocBach- Thanks for the link. I was able to print out a copy of the manual.