Night vision allows for covert military operations to be conducted under the cover of night. It is unsurprising that the first night vision apparatuses appeared on military equipment. So, in March of 1945, the practically destroyed Fascist Third Reich was one of the first in the world to introduce Panther tanks, equipped with these types of devices, into battle. It happened in Hungary on Lake Balaton. The introduction of this new device proved successful — in one night, the machines were able to penetrate 60 km deep past Soviet lines. German designers had already applied the classic principle of “victory over the night” based on the transformation of invisible infrared (IR) radiation (wavelengths from 1 mm to 780 nm) which is reflected from the observed object into visible light (wavelengths from 780 to 380 nm). The core of this ability was the Holst glass, developed in Holland in 1934. This isn’t a glass that you drink from, but an optoelectronic converter of infrared radiation. Learn more in The OYLA Youth Science magazine! www.oyla-science.com #oyla #auckland #newzealand #sciencemag #sciencemagazine #KidsSience #OylaScience #OylaYouthScience #school #newzealandschool #aucklandschool #education #australia #nightvision #infrareda #HolstGlass #radiation #military #weapon #night #darkness (at Auckland, New Zealand)
