Trijicon have partnered with FLIR Systems, night vision expects, to develop a very compact thermal imager for ACOG scopes. The ATWS or Advanced Thermal Weapon Sight uses a 640×480 pixel uncooled camera.
While it is compact it is not light, weighing in at 1.5 lbs.
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Holy crap! I can’t believe they can make a FLIR system that small! Even an uncooled one! That’s impressive, and no doubt, still very expensive.
Do we even want to know what the MSRP on that is? Nifty Neeto!
“For sale directly to Military and Law Enforcement agencies only!” Is what it says on the description page over at trijicon.com. To bad for us little people.
MSRP is going to be high enough that, after the coming collapse, you will not have one but Uncle’s Sam’s Misguided Children will. Good luck.
I consider this as a tool for squad/platoon leaders and squad sharpshooters.
These troops need no under barrel grenade launcher and can thus easily accept the additional weight in comparison to the more normal starlight scopes.
I don’t understand why it’s not meant as a stand-alone system, though. The normal sight has little function in addition to this and thermals are useful both at night and day (see through smoke, easier detection of freshly buried mines or camouflaged enemies).