jimmy:
that gunsight is a AN/PVS-4, all collectors in Argentina believe that they were not in use in the war, the AN/PVS-2 was the standart of that time for both armies.
if you look at the history of the ANPVS-4:
1976 First Production contract awarded for 47,074 units.
1978 First Unit Equipped.
1985-89 Total of 16,927 devices produced and deployed to Army units.
1990-92 OMNIBUS II award of 24,046 devices for deployment to Army units.
in fact the first gulf war is considered the first massive use of that sight
it was new for the us army in 1982, if there were find in Malvinas means a different relations between us and Argentina in that time of military equipment embargo by USA.
many gunsight were sells trough ebay saying that were ex-Malvinas. Documentation from argentine sources is lacking.
is a excellent gunsight still in use in USA with new third generation tubes, even with a worn tube they still offering better images than a civilian night sight
esa mira es una ANPVS-4, entre los coleccionistas se considera que no estuvo en uso en la guerra, la ANPVS-2 era la estandar para ambos ejercitos.
si nos fijamos en la historia de la ANPVS-4 vemos que:
1976 First Production contract awarded for 47,074 units.
1978 First Unit Equipped.
1985-89 Total of 16,927 devices produced and deployed to Army units.
1990-92 OMNIBUS II award of 24,046 devices for deployment to Army units.
de hecho la primera guerra del golfo fue el primer despliegue masivo de la anpvs-4
era nueva para el ejercito norteamericano en 1982, de encontrarse en Malvinas significaria una relacion distinta entre EEUU y Argentina en esos tiiempos de embargo de equipos militares.
muchas fueron vendidas a traves de EBAY diciendo que eran ex Malvinas como gancho. Nunca accedi a ninguna documentacion o prueba de fuentes argentinas.
es una excelente mira, aun en uso en usa con tubos de tercera generacion, incluso un tubo gastado sigue ofreciendo mejores imagenes que una mira civil
the AN/PVS-4 used here have the sight picture of the surveillance models, not the military reticles.
they are like this:
las ANPVS-4 usadas aca no tiene reticulos militares sino el reticulo de observacion, son como esta imagen:
this are the specs.:
aca las especificaciones del manual:
regards.