Why doesn't the military just assign everyone thermal optics?

>>32273018
Because cost
Because definition
Because fog
Because weight

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>>32273018
Cost.

The single lens ones fucks with your depth perception, making it hard to estimate range.

They would also effectively blind the user to certain environmental hazards that you can still see with NVGs...like holes in the ground, walls, curbs, fences.

But mostly cost.

The binary vision ones aren't as bad for depth perception, but they're way more expensive, and you don't have a Mk I Eyeball backup for the problems mentioned above. You'd need some sort of super vision that did some sort of compositing of NVG and thermal, but for the price, you might as well just buy a fucking APC.

So cost.

>>32273028
None of these things have stopped acquisitions from doing other stupid shit, like having soldiers lug around Barretts or SMAWs with their primary, or acquiring the shiniest HK shit to fulfill the duty of an M14. Fog is not enough of an issue.

>>32273018
>get into vehicle
>"welp everyone no optics for the rest of the ride"

>>32273018
Because Carl Carwindows.

>>32273119
>Fog is not enough of an issue.
See >>32273141

>>32273120

Suppose you could have something like a really advanced FLIR ONE setup, where it's a conventional camera paired with an IR sensor.

Gives it better definition, and can be used in daylight with the IR off.

>>32273120

How often are you using your optics inside a vehicle?

>>32273170
well the point is that you can't use thermal through any type of glass

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>>32273141
oh boy been waiting to post this one again.

Because they're insanely expensive, 5x-10x the cost of light amplification NVGs

>>32273268
Kek.