Who has any idea about LEICA nightvision?

[meeman]

hi my friend ask me about this night vision but i can't find any information about this night vision. Who has known about this LEICA night vision?

[flex297]

These are BIG25 goggles, made by Leica (now Vectronix).
In Swiss Army they are called RLV95 (Restlichtverstärker).
They are typically Gen2+ or SuperGen, sometimes with XD-4 tubes.

http://www.vectronix.ch/userupload/2566 ... yer_EN.pdf

http://www.explorateur.ch/explo/vision.html

[meeman]

Thank guy. One more question. This is for civilian or just mil. look like an old model ? right

[flex297]

These were never meant for civilians, they are fully MilSpec.
They are not that much old, still being actively used today. The oldest ones might be from early 90s (?)

[meeman]

Would u mind if i ask for the price?

[flex297]

What do you mean? I am not selling one.
Do you mean you'd like to know what value the goggles have?
In Gen2+ around 1600.00 EUR, in SuperGen around 2000.00, in XD-4 over 2400.00 EUR on Euro market.

[meeman]

Thank a lot , i just want to know the price. Today i meet my friend and he show me , That's awesome.

[meeman]

Hi flex297

My friend told me last night , during his training he found , eye rubber cup is rive. He told this situtation with his cheif, but he told my friend to find spare parts to replace. My friend want to know , where he can find this parts?

if you know please help me thankyou.

[flex297]

Hi meeman

finding spares for this LEICA might be almost impossible. In extreme case I would try to get spare eyecups for PVS-7 and try to modify them for use with the LEICA.

I don't quite understand it, is your friend with military? Why should he be required to locate spares for himself?

[meeman]

hi flex297

my friend , he is a solider. that why he have to find a spare parts because his unit told him to find a spare parts to replace.

Anyway, i will tell him to buy pvs-7 eye cup and try to modify , Thank anyway.

[rames]

flex297
Can you tell me how can I determine what version of BIG25 goggles I have? (Gen2+, SuperGen or XD-4 tubes)
Thank you

[flex297]

Rames.
The only way is to take out the tube and read the codes.
It would look like this:



[image copyright Karlheinz Gross Elektronische Geräte Distribution & Vertrieb]

[cj7hawk]

That tube (xx1610) is actually the first of Super Second Generation (aka, Supergen) to be developed... They improved the hole ratio to around 75% in the MCP and used quite a few other tricks too... At the time, it was roughly equivalent to the Gen3 of the era.

I've been waiting to see one of those Is that one of yours Flex? I'd love to know how it performs visually -

David.

[flex297]

David...

Nope, this one ain't mine. It was taken from a Leica BIG35 handheld binocular to demonstrate different dimensions compared to standard MX-10130. (ca 3mm shorter as you can see).

I currently have one SuperGen installed in Thales LUNOS goggles but since the LUNOS is very hard to dismantle, I have not been able to assess the exact type. The performance is slightly inferior to Gen3 OMNI II from early 90s.