AN/PEQ?

billdan · Post by **billdan** » 2007-07-25 02:03

these are the huge lasers you see often on m4s and m16a4s.

are these possible to create? what would be really cool is to use the infrared laser on a NVG map

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-07-25 03:55

And these lasers do what?

geogob · Post by **geogob** » 2007-07-25 04:05

Target designation. Of course, if the enemy has near-IR capable NV devices, it also designate you as a target as well.

Eddie Baker · Post by **Eddie Baker** » 2007-07-25 04:07

Expendable Grunt wrote:And these lasers do what?

Point out and illuminate targets for teammates and supporting aircraft. They don't designate for the seeker heads of laser-guided weapons, they just give them a direction or clearer picture at which to fire.

Geobob is correct, they basically draw a line between you and your target that anyone with image intensification/passive NV can see.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-07-25 04:22

Oh ok, thanks. So that's how they work.

DOAW · Post by **DOAW** » 2007-07-25 04:37

You know whats really neat? When you put the peq2/paq4 on high power, through night vision the laser actually looks like this:

(Albeit all green, because you would be looking through NVGs)

geogob · Post by **geogob** » 2007-07-25 05:28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h8jjF1UXQw

I tried to find a way implement this effect with the night vision systems I coded some time back for Infiltration. Engine limitations on the old Unreal 1 engine were just too much.

This could be very useful. But again, if the enemy has similar NV devices, it's clearly giving out your position.

System is also used for illumination. That would be even more handy!