Ukrainian Troops Receive 500 Night Vision Devices From Volunteers
The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation has handed over the final batch of 500 PVS-14 night vision monoculars to Ukrainian paratroopers and marines as part of the Nightmare project. The news was published on the foundation's website. The Foundation has sent 500 Armasight PVS-14 Gen.3 monoculars to the Air Assault Troops and marines, for which it has obtained a special export license.
"The exports of the state-of-the-art Gen.3 generation of monoculars are strictly limited to the country of origin, the United States. It requires an export license issued by the U.S. Department of State.
In close cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States and the Air Defense Attache, the foundation received a license for 1,000 devices at a fixed price," said Serhiy Prytula, founder of the foundation and volunteer. This batch was the final one for the project, under which the foundation, together with Monobank and Serhii Sternenko, raised UAH 160 million for 1,000 devices to supply the Ukrainian Defense Forces. PVS-14 Gen-3 has high sensitivity and resolution. With their help, the Ukrainian military will be able to effectively carry out assault, reconnaissance, sabotage and reconnaissance operations at night.
"For Special Forces, these devices are valuable helpers, as they provide a clear image even in complete darkness. This is a very useful quality for night operations and helps in both reconnaissance and assaults," the foundation says. The first batch of 500 monoculars was handed over to the Special Forces units of the Defense Forces in October last year and is already being actively used in military operations.
PVS-14
The PVS-14 is a wearable night vision monocular developed by the American corporation ITT and put into mass production in the 2000s.
It is a purely military model: it was developed for the U.S. Army and is still in use today. It works in both passive and active modes.
The range of human detection and recognition is 350 and 300 meters, respectively. The operating time on a single charge is up to 40 hours. The AN/PVS-14 can be mounted on a helmet or on a weapon.
However, it cannot be used as an independent sight.
The PVS-14 is mounted together with a collimator sight on a rifle.
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As a reminder, the other day Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation launched a fundraiser for interceptor drones to destroy enemy reconnaissance drones that are adjusting strikes on Ukraine.