ArmchairSamurai
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Hello all.
I am sure most of you know about the many infrared devices Germany developed, whether that be Falke, Uhu, Sperber, Vampir, (etc.) however, every now and again, I come across a few mystery infrared devices, but not attached to vehicles or hand-held weapons. I found the first photo, labeled Besbachtungs 1251, the other night, and this appears to be a modification of a flak trailer, maybe a searchlight trailer, with the apparatus attached. I suppose it's something of a tow-behind Uhu variant given the only thing I can find by searching the label (which is misspelled) is information on the Uhu itself. I have never heard of such a variant before; it does look different to the Uhu's apparatus, perhaps even smaller. My only theory is maybe it's a prototype of what would become the Uhu, given the number designation on the label.
Since I found that, I decided to also upload a couple more photos I found over the years of another device. All I know for sure is that it's some sort of long-range infrared camera. Reverse image searches did not find anything. You would think if something like that was in common use on the front, there would be more photos of it somewhere.
Thoughts?
I am sure most of you know about the many infrared devices Germany developed, whether that be Falke, Uhu, Sperber, Vampir, (etc.) however, every now and again, I come across a few mystery infrared devices, but not attached to vehicles or hand-held weapons. I found the first photo, labeled Besbachtungs 1251, the other night, and this appears to be a modification of a flak trailer, maybe a searchlight trailer, with the apparatus attached. I suppose it's something of a tow-behind Uhu variant given the only thing I can find by searching the label (which is misspelled) is information on the Uhu itself. I have never heard of such a variant before; it does look different to the Uhu's apparatus, perhaps even smaller. My only theory is maybe it's a prototype of what would become the Uhu, given the number designation on the label.
Since I found that, I decided to also upload a couple more photos I found over the years of another device. All I know for sure is that it's some sort of long-range infrared camera. Reverse image searches did not find anything. You would think if something like that was in common use on the front, there would be more photos of it somewhere.
Thoughts?
Such films register close IR spectrum, just outside visible light, say around 720 nm wavelength, and - as they require different focusing than visible light - it is a common practice to place additional focusing marks for IR sensitive films on even most popular photographic lenses - e.g. the red dot and the letter R on this popular rangefinder camera of the 1960s.
