# whats the camera thingy do on the helmet of the special forces

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**Created:** [March 29, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-camera-thingy-do-on-the-helmet-of-the-special-forces/165025 "2003-03-29T14:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-camera-thingy-do-on-the-helmet-of-the-special-forces/165025/1 "2003-03-29T14:47:00Z")

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You cam see an example in [http://arabic.cnn.com/2002/world/10/19/specialforces.jordan/](http://arabic.cnn.com/2002/world/10/19/specialforces.jordan/)

Night sight?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-camera-thingy-do-on-the-helmet-of-the-special-forces/165025/2 "2003-03-29T15:32:14Z")

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Night vision monocular. “Night sight” would be an aiming device attached to a weapon.

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**Author:** ![3.885AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/58956e/32.png) [@3.885AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3.885AM)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-camera-thingy-do-on-the-helmet-of-the-special-forces/165025/3 "2003-03-29T18:25:52Z")

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If you could see his weapon more clearly you would probably see an infrared laser pointer. The beam is invisible to the human eye, but shows up as a bright green dot in the monocular at the point of aim of the weapon.