CRPF To Showcase Night vision Goggles Similar To Ones US Navy SEALs
ย The Central Reserve Police Forceย (CRPF) tableau at the upcomingย Republic Dayย is set to wow spectators with a display of panoramic four-eyed night vision goggles (NVGs), a warfare gadget similar to the ones used by United Statesย Navyย SEALs in their operation to eliminate Osama Bin Laden.
Sources inย CRPFย claimed that this will be the first time that India’s largestย Central Armed Police Forceย will be showcasing the warfare gadget. The goggles also knows as the ‘king of night vision’, are expected to the centre of attraction in the first tableau ofย CRPFย commandos marching down Rajpath.
The specially-equipped goggles provide a 120 degree vision to commandos at night, just like viewing with naked eyes. They are lightweight and can be worn on the helmet during night operations. “The four-eyed night vision goggles are used by various military forces including USย Navyย seals. These help commandos to identify the target very easily even in dark. For the first timeย CRPFย commandos will be wearing them,” a seniorย CRPFย official said. Though, he further added that this is not the same type of goggle that was used by USย Navyย SEALs.
Former US SEALs chief special warfare operator Matt Bissonnette in his book “No Easy Day”described the view from the goggles as akin to “looking through toilet paper tubes.” “Each elite soldier on the raid was issued a pair of $65,000 four-tube night-vision goggles (NVGs). Unlike some of the conventional units, we had NVG’s with four tubes instead of the usual two. This allowed us a field of view of 120 degrees instead of just 40 degrees. The standard goggles were like looking through toilet paper tubes.”
Apart from the googles, theย CRPFย will also showcase several other equipments such as gunshot detection system and weapon mounter thermal sight in its first tableau at the upcomingย Republic Dayย parade
