The whole thing was quite heavy and cumbersome, but given time to refine it, and produce in sufficient quantities, would have given the germans a huge advantage in night fighting. a wooden box mounted on a backpack, with additional equipment inside a modified gas mask container. Vampir night scope tested by British soldier.jpg 400 × 552 43 KB.

Chambered in 22LR, 16' barrel, side charging, manual safety, adjustable rear sight, hooded adjustable front sight, 25rd magazine, and smooth wood stock set. Media in category 'Zielgerät 1229' The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Up for purchase Factory new in the box Germany manufactured Blue Line Solutions Model MAUSER STG-44 semi automatic rifle. I’ve still an additional cable to add for the sight, and then maybe model the battery pack, although i would have to make most of that up as, apart from that pic syk0 posted, i can only find rough description of it i.e. English: Zielgerät 1229 is a night vision device of the Wehrmacht used at the end od WW2.

Thats where i took the blue colour for the lamp.ĭue to the lack of reference available i have had to make up mounting brackets etc, so it's not 100% accurate. I found a colour picture of the version mounted on a Panther tank, in a museum in germany somewhere, cant remember where. Thanks for the comments Syk0, thats the image i used as reference, there are not many other ones to be found, although i also found this, which appears to be an allied soldier testing one, probably after the war. Buy STG 44 Vampire Infrared Assault Rifle Weapon Night Fight Night Vision Elite Gun and other T-Shirts at.

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