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Ghillie camo suits
07-09-2008, 10:05 PM,
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RE: Ghillie camo suits
PoorOldSpike Wrote:Incidentally I should imagine snipers have a rougher time of it nowadays if the enemy has infra-red spotting devices, because his body heat would be picked up fairly easily even if he's wearing a camo suit.
His face in particular would show up as a hot dot on infra-red making him easy to spot by night and day.
The devices are so tiny they could be fitted to the rifle of every soldier in an army..


True, but not really a real issue for them currently.

Firstly, the sniper, unless caught moving in the open would normally prone, and would probably also be behind some form of natural cover, fold in the ground, tree, etc. As such the would still present only a very small signature through a scope of someone on the same or lower level than them.

Secondly, currently only a very small percentage of troops are equipped with them as not only would it cost an awful lot to equip all your forces, they all require a power supply which will have a limited active life. Last thing you're going to want is to be on patrol for hours, come under fire, and then find your batteries have run down!

And thirdly, as your picture all too accurately shows, if you are using a IR sight, you lose so much other visual input, and clarity. (Is that guy one of ours, or theirs, can't tell!)
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Ghillie camo suits - by PoorOldSpike - 07-08-2008, 08:24 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Copper - 07-08-2008, 08:43 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by RedDevil - 07-08-2008, 10:05 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Copper - 07-08-2008, 10:12 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Copper - 07-09-2008, 04:29 AM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Copper - 07-09-2008, 04:40 AM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Combat Wombat - 07-09-2008, 12:40 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by PoorOldSpike - 07-09-2008, 07:15 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Kelen - 07-09-2008, 10:05 PM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Combat Wombat - 07-10-2008, 09:35 AM
RE: Ghillie camo suits - by Copper - 07-09-2008, 07:29 PM

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