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Old February 8th, 2008, 06:30 PM
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Default Re: Sturmgewehr 44

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Originally Posted by Von Poop View Post
However... if I remember correctly the British (and others?) were fielding anti-infrared devices around late '44 (I'm sure I've got a picture somewhere of a compact detector unit on a Universal carrier, & special binoculars for tank commanders ) and it seems likely that much of the German infrared stuff would have been outclassed even if they had got it to battle in sufficient numbers.

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