Interesting idea

[Mr B]

I just had an interesting idea! What if we created NVGs with BATTERIES!

I mean, the batteries could be the magazines for the NVGs, and the number of rounds remaining could be the percentage of charge remaining. The NVGs could have a really low rate of fire, or get the ammo to decrease with a timer. If the batteries run out, you lose the ability to see through the NVGs. Image being in a firefight and having your batteries run out http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard301/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif .

That would make things much more realistic. Instead of wearing NVGs for hours on end, you would have to manage them wisely.

Does anybody know if this is possible? Can we modify BIS NVGs, or do we have to make our own?

Cheers

Mr B

[Andrew B]

Well, to be honest, most modern NVGs have batteries that last in excess of 10 hours...

Might be kind of fun to model this for use over the length of several missions (campaign type thing) though. http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard301/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Miles Teg]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mr B @<hidden> Oct. 09 2002,04:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I just had an interesting idea&#33; What if we created NVGs with BATTERIES&#33;

I mean, the batteries could be the magazines for the NVGs, and the number of rounds remaining could be the percentage of charge remaining. The NVGs could have a really low rate of fire, or get the ammo to decrease with a timer. If the batteries run out, you lose the ability to see through the NVGs. Image being in a firefight and having your batteries run out  http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard301/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif .

That would make things much more realistic. Instead of wearing NVGs for hours on end, you would have to manage them wisely.

Does anybody know if this is possible? Can we modify BIS NVGs, or do we have to make our own?

Cheers

Mr B[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Well if you got into that level of detail, then you&#39;d better also model soldiers having to take a use the latrine, weapons jamming, heat exhaustion, eating/drinking, ect... ect...
But like someone else said, those batteries last a long time and a good squad leader will make sure that everyone has a fresh set of batteries during pre-combat inspections. That&#39;s usually part of a unit&#39;s SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[blackdog~]

Well, if you were in a campaign where you were a soldier lost in... Vietnam for example, you would eventually run out of batteries after a few days...

I remember the subject of new night vision goggles modeled to replace the current boxy goggles we have in OFP... maybe we could do this instead?

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