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Originally Posted by troopie
The US Marines had a late war IR scope called a snooperscope/sniperscope. Does anyone know its range. I have been unable to find this on the net, tho' I have found other things, including how to build one.
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Troopie
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from the Wikipedia article on the M1 carbine:
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The M3 carbine (a selective-fire M2 with the M1 infrared night sight or sniperscope) was first used in combat by Army units during the invasion of Okinawa. For the first time, U.S. soldiers had a weapon that allowed them to visually detect Japanese infiltrating into American lines at night, even during complete darkness. A team of two or three soldiers was used to operate the weapon and provide support.[22] At night, the scope would be used to detect Japanese patrols and assault units moving forward. At that point, the operator would fire a burst of automatic fire at the greenish images of enemy soldiers.[22] The M3 with the M1 sight had an effective range of about 70 yards (limited by the visual capabilities of the sight).[23] Fog and rain further reduced the weapon's effective range.[22][23] It is estimated that fully 30% of Japanese casualties inflicted by rifle and carbine fire during the Okinawan campaign were caused by the M3 carbine and its M1 sniperscope.[22]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine
Their blurb on the M3 has some notes on improved Korean war one (125 yards) and there is a picture alongside
70 yards is not much at all in SP visibility terms (2 hexes), but a truly moonless night's visibility should be about 1.
So - you may want a scout team with vision 2 and M1 carbines as primary weapon in an Okinawa scenario with vision 1. other than that, it probably has not much utility.