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The ability to carry out military operations at all times of the day and under all conceivable visibility conditions is a core requirement for modern and powerful armed forces.

D.However, the reality is different. As can also be seen from the current armament report, the Bundeswehr is not equipped with a sufficient number of night vision goggles. However, significant improvements can be seen in 2019 and 2020. In the Bundeswehr's special forces, a capability gap in the field of night vision was only recently closed.

In particular, special forces have high qualitative demands on night vision and night combat capability, since their operations usually take place under limited visibility conditions. Commando soldiers rely on particularly powerful night vision goggles in order to be able to identify threats as early as possible and – even with limited visibility – to be able to reliably distinguish between combatants and non-combatants. In this context, night vision capability means that the soldier can visually perceive his surroundings in the dark. The performance of the night vision devices determines the range of vision and depth of detail or the level of detail that the soldier perceives with the help of the night vision goggles.

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