![]() The German Vampyr system attached to the MP44 and included a superior, cascading image intensifier tube that would be the wellspring of postwar research. The US and Germany both developed similar-appearing, bulky, and heavy-battery-tethered infrared weapon sight systems. Both IR and UV light were often referred to as “black light” in that era because they didn’t appear to the unaided human eye. ![]() Partial scopes (here’s an ebay example) come up frequently, but a complete rig is very rare.Īs early as World War II, militaries were moving to exploit those regions of the light spectrum just outside of normal human perception. It’s a rare and museum-ready piece and is priced accordingly. This auction is for an original-appearing Korean War vintage M1 with the complete night-vision scope. The M2 is a select-fire M1 Carbine, and the M3 was an M2 fitted with the primitive, first-generation Infrared Sniperscope. But this GunBroker auction is as near as you’ll get to an M3 Carbine for your collection. Everyone knows the main US Carbines of the 20th Century, the M1 Carbine of the mid-century era and the M4 Carbine that came in at the end. ![]()
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