AN/PVS-22

The AN/PVS-22 or Universal Night Sight is a Picatinny rail mounted in-line night sight designed and manufactured by FLIR Systems and Knights Armament Company and issued with the existing telescopic sight or red dot sight.[1] It can be added to any weapon that uses a Picatinny rail and has an existing scope, simply mounting in front of the existing scope to grant it night vision capability.[2] It utilizes a third generation image intensifier tube, which is not available outside of the U.S.[3]

References

  1. ↑ FLIR Systems - AN/PVS-22 Universal Night Sight (UNS) Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Advanced Night Vision Systems Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ OSTI Wins Special Orders for Clip-On Night Sights
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