Original data：
Vampire (ZG-1229) is a single-soldier infrared night vision system developed by Germany during World War II. It consists of an infrared searchlight, an image conversion device, and a backpack power supply. It can be installed on weapons such as the STG44 assault rifle and achieves night observation by converting invisible infrared light into visible images [1] [3-4].
Germany began to develop military infrared technology in the 1930s. In 1939, AEG completed the testing of the first prototype equipment. After the project was restarted in 1942, it was improved to a 75mm anti-tank gun adaptation system. After the Allied Normandy landing in 1944, the German army urgently produced approximately 1,000 sets to meet the demands of night combat. Among them, 310 sets were distributed to troops before the end of the war. The core components included the ZG-1221 telescope based on cathode ray tube technology and the FG-1250 finder [4]. This system, due to its bulky size, is mainly used for fixed positions, with an effective observation distance of approximately 100 meters. After the war, the US and British armies captured and replicated this technology, and after improvement, applied it to equipment such as the M3 carbine.
（A British soldier is testing this captured weapon）
Original description：
“Although it looks like a prop from Buck Rogers’ science fiction novels, this weapon was quite advanced at that time. Its prototype first appeared in the later stage of World War II. This weapon was initially called T3. It was equipped with an early version of the image enhancement mirror and an infrared light emitter powered by an external battery on a specially designed M2 carbine.
During the attack on Okinawa, the US military used several T3 carbines, which caused a large number of casualties among the Japanese. This gun also played an effective role in preventing the infiltration of the US military’s defense line at night. After World War II, the improved version of the T3 could be installed on standard M1 and M2 carbines through converters. This gun was later named M3. It was equipped with improved lenses that raised the line of sight to approximately 114 meters.”
According to reliable data, this weapon was put into field tests in the Pacific theater a few weeks before the victory and achieved actual results，Therefore, it can also be regarded as a weapon born during World War II
Of course, since infrared rays require additional devices, this weapon is relatively heavy and will make soldiers run more slowly.
If you are worried about undermining the fairness of the game, you can add this as a constraint to this kind of weapon
Because they are all experimental weapons and are only put into combat on a small scale,
It is precisely for this reason that they are very suitable to join the battlefield as advanced squads
Of course, our game doesn’t require night battles. The infrared device merely serves as a decoration, mainly functioning as a magnification scope
What do you all think? Should these two weapons be added as the most advanced sniper rifles to the battlefield? Especially, Americans currently do not have high-level automatic sniper rifles
- Yes
- No
