On top of this, when looking through optics for hours at a time, the human eye's moisture and body heat will fog up the eyepieces blocking use of these see-the-enemy-first devices. A quick list of items that are effected by fogging:
* Eye glasses
* Binoculars
* Night Vision Goggles
* Night Vision Scopes
* Sun, Wind, Dust Goggles
* Field Protective Masks
* ATGM and vehicle Weapons Sights
Anti-fog treatments exist but they have to be employed and easily accessible to the already cluttered Soldier. If you look at the above picture of McNett SeaDrops anti-fog drops you'll see its too big to attach to your helmet.
Its obviously too big and not secure enough for combat operations. The bottle needs to be at least 1/2 as large and in a secure pouchette.
A small military-sized bottle of SeaDrops with molded eyelet for a dummy cord in a small pouchette that can securely attach to the PASGT kevlar helmet camouflage band or a belt would enable Soldiers to quickly defog coat their optics and keep them functioning for hours at a time. A large, loose bottle of anti-fog drops will get lost in the shuffle of bewildering array of attachments the current Soldier has to contend with.
POCs:
Tanya Brooks, VP Sales
McNett
1411 Meador Ave
Bellingham, Wa 98226-5845
(360) 671-2227 Ext 2710
www.mcnett.com