AN/PVS-2 Starlight Scope: Night Vision Comes of Age

[@billbonser3161]

I used one of this type of "Starlight Scopes" in Vietnam in 1968-1969. Never mounted on a weppon, but used on night patrols and ambushes. Great Find! It was also a fantastic insterment for star watching.

[@paulmicelli5819]

We had on mounted on the .50cal on our APC, only used at night for perimeter watch. One small one was assigned to each platoon used like you say for night ambushes. 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, US Army, Nam 68-69. Peace Brother

[@Lensman864]

"I love the smell of maple syrup in the morning. Smells like ... breakfast!"

[@mattheide2775]

The cold open deserves an award. Seriously awesome. 😊

[@ve7hun]

"Winnipeg. Shit. I'm still only in Winnipeg." I can't stop laughing. Mostly because I'm on a business trip... in Winnipeg. Best cold open ever!

[@Muonium1]

"Winnipeg is a frozen shithole" At least according to the Venetian Snares it is, anyway.

[@Iknowtoomuchable]

"That's it! Back to Winnipeg!"

[@dougbotimer8005]

Ok, I must have dreamt watching this video last week. By the way, very nice to learn more about the technology I used in the 70s.

[@JATmatic]

This channel is a gold nugget. The begins alone are worth watching.

[@fredblonder7850]

That high-pitched whine from the scope will be familiar to anyone who used an electronic photoflash unit. It exists for the same reason: to boost the output of a couple AA batteries to the high voltage needed to charge the capacitor that drove the flash-tube. A more crude version of this was used in vacuum-tube car radios. Instead of the oscillator, they used a mechanical device called a “vibrator” to produce a square-wave of the car’s battery-voltage (6 or 12), which would be fed into the primary-winding of a transformer that would produce the higher voltage (30 - 50) needed by the cathode of the vacuum-tubes. This produced an audible buzz. Another way to invert an optical image is with a Dove Prism.

[@DreadedOne509]

Had an AN/PVS-2 in S. Korea DMZ in Jan-Apr 1983 as a designated marksman. Could only look through it for a few minutes at a time before the grainy image would just show static, had to turn off then back on after a couple minutes. Cold winter probably didn't help.

[@tp3521]

Glad the reason was because you are a stickler for facts & not because of KZbins ambiguous guidelines! Even better the second time around!

[@workingguy6666]

That "persistent whine" is very similar to one of the tones of my tinnitus. Neat.

[@davidjennings4589]

@@workingguy6666 people used to ask me when we had landlines, "can you hear the phone ringing"?; no, I can't.

[@scienceandmathHandle]

I have a pretty old pair of Israeli model 1000-7000 (Type5151?) night vision goggles in the original case and with the original glass IR filter. They are sort of Gen0+ and mostly didn't work without an IR light source. They called them "Driving Binoculars". I think I got them around 1990 and they still worked into the 2000s but eventually I could no longer find batteries for them. I have used the big glass IR filter with some more modern NV and a spotlight and its pretty impressive how much you can illuminate with it. The thick glass IR filter easily holds up to the heat of a big spotlight, as I think it was made for jeep headlights.

[@Danecooks1]

ALWAYS fun to see what you come up with…Thankx and keep it coming

[@untrust2033]

Huge props for reuploading!

[@aaronholmes8568]

I remember these being issued in Northern Ireland

[@neilwilson5785]

Wonderful video. So many new things to learn.

[@Chowder322]

Dad was in the seabeas in vietnam, he was based so close to the cambodian border that he could see them on one of the trails using the starlight scope at night.

[@wessmith-q3p]

loved the intro. you nailed it. show it off to 5 people. they said who is that. and loved it. hope turned them to your site. keep up the great work.

[@kidmohair8151]

the tube-y'all decided I wasn't who I am for a couple of months. in that time I see you have added a few thousand subscribers... you're almost at 100k. well done!

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

So close to 100k!

[@EnviroSteward]

Good stuff! Thanks bro!

[@jonforris]

Great intro. With extreme prejudice.

[@davidjennings4589]

That was a great shot in the movie Stalingrad, they must have lifted the story from Hathcock. That does not kook like any starlight scope I ever saw.

[@michaelsamuel9917]

Nope, The story is from Simo Haya a Finish sniper that killed a Russian sniper instructor sent to kill him during the "winter war" between Finland and USSR, he reportedly killed over 500 Russian soldiers mostly other snipers and scouts etc, and he didn't use a scope on his rifle he was harder to spot they however used scopes he'd shoot them when their scopes where right in the sunlight. that movie is total Russian propaganda BS.

[@davidjennings4589]

@@michaelsamuel9917 I would assume American pro Soviet propaganda but thanks, I never heard about haya.

[@Jrob992]

I wonder how difficult it would be to retrofit a modern NV scope into this housing.

[@GroovyVideo2]

1980 knew someone who was a fixer for government - he shows me starlight scope was only slightly bigger than regular scope - Worked amazingly well - he also had tiny machine gun that fit in small brief case - also had 4 ft long drill bits for installing wall bugs he had the first computer I ever saw in person - he would just disappear for weeks / months at a time then just show up and say nothing

[@JasonHurricane]

would a device like this be usefull today for picking out enemy night vision or infrared lasers and iluminators ? since this doesnt emit any light it is not visible to an enemy with night vision right?

[@Kaze919]

“…apologize…with extreme prejudice.”

[@chalenmeh4611]

Legend says, he doesn't even own a pair of pants....

[@jimsn9624]

Another great intro 😂

[@Cephalon_Shade]

Now you have to do a night shoot with that at a range.

[@mikemcgrath5188]

i always wished a white phosphor was universally adapted. i hate night glow green. solid state chips surpass even gen 3 these days at much lower cost.

[@petebeatminister]

A Night Vue or a Deja Vue?

[@Mike-bh7sh]

Ok. I've got to ask. You're in Canada... How on earth do you have this gun? lol

[@EnviroSteward]

Someone just anonymously sent you that scope???🤔 Hmm?🤔

[@Shoelessjoe78]

Wiw that is loud... 🙌 No thanks. I could see it in a fixed defense but that's about it

[@Iknowtoomuchable]

How in god's name would that thing stay zeroed

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_The 2020s. Sh*t. I'm still only in the 2020s._* 🤭🤭🤭

[@keithmoore5306]

why the redo??

[@Lensman864]

Read the video description.

[@Lensman864]

The video description states that it was to correct minor errors.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@Lensman864 i'm quite familiar with this scope and i didn't see enough errors to justify it!!

[@Samuel-q7t9e]

Wax thermostats

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

Again! Again again!!

[@BoothVito-z3y]

Alphonso Path

[@charlesurrea1451]

Take Deux

[@Lensman864]

Redux surely?

[@samuelrufino5725]

Why You change the old Music???

[@Robert-Wilson]

Why the reupload this was up last week.

[@Lensman864]

Read the description: minor accuracy updates.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Really need this to spy on my neighbours

[@frogz]

whoa...... i think im psychic, or psycho, i swear i saw this episode....in a dream...or something...

[@LarryBlowers]

Get some lolz

[@huddunlap3999]

How far away could you hear that stupid noise.

[@Billy_Bad_Ass]

I do not remember any whine when I used this scope in 1976. (Weird how the memory is...)

[@Yaivenov]

Maybe the military grade tinnitus covered it up? :P