ID Night Vision Googles

[Loopster]

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/628/gvnsbwma4.jpg

Maybe Lucie-NVT?

http://www.hioptic.com/night-vision-equipment/military/lucie-nvt.jpg

[Cap'ndaddy]

AN/PVS-21. Never seen a non-production pic before. Good stuff.

[flanker7]

It must be a tricky angle for the PVS-21.

Here's a better look : http://www.sts-eo.com/images/pvs21.jpg

Any idea who's the guy in the pic?

[Loopster]

Thank you Cap'ndaddy and flanker7.

The guy is a security contractor in Baghdad, or at least in the complete picture he is talking with another contractor in a LZ operated mainly by a PMC.

Again, thank you both ;)

[Fliptape]

PMC arent allowed to use clothes with camouflage pattern.

[Pook2]

PMC arent allowed to use clothes with camouflage pattern.

Yeah mmmk.......

[D-gin]

PMC arent allowed to use clothes with camouflage pattern.
rofl I suppose that's your little secret.

[Sand Man]

... Any idea who's the guy in the pic?

Reminds me of Argyll on one of the pics in his album. The cammo pattern looks almost identical... :)

[Pook2]

Reminds me of Argyll on one of the pics in his album. The cammo pattern looks almost identical... :)

He doesn't have the right "package"

[SoliDeoGloria]

He's wearing an IBH, and if I remember correctly...only a few hundred units were made for SOCOM.

[oregongrunt]

PMC arent allowed to use clothes with camouflage pattern.
The camo makes them look like soldiers, but yet they aren't. I've seen several contractors wearing camo so I don't think it is forbidden.

[Ratamacue]

I seem to recall someone posting pictures of a SEAL team that was wearing tigerstripe camo similar to this during the initial invasion.

[Loopster]

Just some thoughts...

In the complete picture, this guy is talking with another one, and this one wearing 5.11 style pants and shirt, and the US Embassy ID-card.

The place is LZ Washington, located inside the International Zone and beside US Embassy.

Various contractors have been wearing camo, not only desert tiger stripe, also MARPAT, ACU, military-style Nomex jumpsuits,...

PVS-21 are expensives gadgets, but some PMCs put a load of money for their contractors.

IMHO... a contractor working for WPPS contract in Iraq, the other possibility is a SOF guy with full battle-rattle inside the IZ.

[Createdeemcee]

I seem to recall someone posting pictures of a SEAL team that was wearing tigerstripe camo similar to this during the initial invasion.


Looks Like Argyll!

[andreen]

I just get the feeling he is government soldier, I don't know why I just do.

The thing I can say is that those stereo NVG are enormously expensive, stereo NVG are mostly common for pilots. So that points to a gov-bloke.

[He219]

I seem to recall someone posting pictures of a SEAL team that was wearing tigerstripe camo similar to this during the initial invasion.

The weapon is a bit off, otherwise I'd say ...

[boy1000]

It must be a tricky angle for the PVS-21.

Here's a better look : http://www.sts-eo.com/images/pvs21.jpg

Any idea who's the guy in the pic?

Only my thought

I am certain that he is British SAS, or SBS, or SRR. I can remenber the weaponry.

Also look at this

http://www.sts-eo.com/v2/_html/military_forces.html

[Loopster]

SAS/SBS/SRR arriving to a LZ mainly used by a private military contractor, with night vision devices, early in the morning (so after a night operation) and arriving in PMC's helos and attended by PMC's personnel?

My tought is that he is a contractor with some expensive equipment, is not the first time that contractors have good gadgets.

[Sand Man]

Would you mind posting the rest of the pic and others (if there are)?

[Loopster]

Sure...


http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5645/lzgreenzone1te0.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lzgreenzone1te0.jpg) http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9186/lzgreenzone2ij1.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lzgreenzone2ij1.jpg) http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6770/lzgreenzone3pv2.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lzgreenzone3pv2.jpg)

[Nephilim]

not sure what branch he is from but those are definately anpvs21.

i was lucky enough to try one of them at a reunion of my dads squad

those things are damn fine.

afaik us uk german gsg9 and czech use them
seen them on gsg9, czech sf and us seals