Baird GP/NVG-1

GP/NVG-1
Manufacturer(s)	Baird
Type	Bi-ocular
Tube Format	Litton M849 / EEV P8304P
FoV	40° / 40°
Mount	?
Objective(s)	Proprietary
Eyepiece(s)	Proprietary
Weight	450 g

The Baird GP/NVG-1 is a bi-ocular night vision device produced by the company Baird in the early 1980's in the United States.

It uses an EEV P8304P / Litton M849 tube format, with a concave input. Contrary to belief, this means that the device does not accept standard MX-10130 format image intensifiers used by the AN/PVS-7.

The Baird was also produced both with and without a head-mount adapter.

The device is powered by an E132 battery, which seems to be almost nonexistent today. However, it works with a few select alternative batteries still in production, including the Varta 6237.

Features

• Single E132 battery
• Ir illuminator
• Adjustable diopters
• Adjustable eye-to-eye distance

History

The Baird corporation was founded around the late 70's or early 80's (uncertain as there is very limited information on it).

The GP/NVG-1 was developed as a candidate for the AN/PVS-7A, however later the M972 / M973 developed by Litton was chosen instead.

Baird has however delivered the GP/NVG-1 device to several militaries around the world, including Spain, Turkey and Denmark.

The Baird corporation, together with the patent of the GP/NVG-1, was acquired by Litton Industries in 1996. It is uncertain if production of the GP/NVG-1 continued after that point.

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External links

1. Patent for the GP/NVG-1 on Google Patents