Development started in 1935. By the end of World War II, the German army had equipped approximately 50 Panther tanks, which saw combat on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. The "Vampir" man-portable system for infantrymen was being used with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles.
The "Vampir ZG 1229″ system was a rifle mounted scope that weighed about 5lbs and was attached to a backpack power unit that weighed about 30lbs.
Parallel development of night vision systems occurred in the USA. The M1 and M3 infrared night sighting devices, also known as the "sniperscope" or "snooperscope", were introduced by the US Army in World War II, and also used in the Korean War, to assist snipers.
The M1 and M3 infrared night scopes were fitted onto the M3 Rifle (a varient of the M1 Carbine that was used by the US Army in World War 2) The original scope was the M3 Rifle with the M1 Night Sight which used an Active Infrared system in a Photocathode tube to intensify the electrons produced by the infrared beam to enable the soldier to see in the night time.
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