what/who's light is this??

whose light it this and what is it?



what are the specs of it? how much? any mods???

-Castmem

Sorta looks like the Costco HID.

It is a surplus military tank light.

Search the spotlight/HID forum for a couple of months back.

Here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/92396&highlight=tank

Scott

Give onlinewarlord a CPF star! Right on! You nailed it!

Its one of my favorite images. Pssst, dont tell, but I "borrowed" it and used it as wallpaper for a while, its just unreal how powerful that beam is. My jaw just dropped when I saw that, very nice photography BTW.

AndrewWynn is working on a short arc projector light thats portable with 3000W, roughly triple the power you see in that photo, called Oscarbeam. He'll get to making it go around summertime 06, then there will be more shots like that one!

its beuuuuuuutiiii fulllllllll

you say thats supposed to be mounted on a tank?

wow that wont give away your position, not at all...

thanks for the links... all i can say is whoa.... That's one crazy light. Must find one! lol.

Does this come with a pocket clip?

Planterz said:

Does this come with a pocket clip?

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LOL

It was designed for the M60 tank BEFORE night vision became common.

I think it also had an IR filter avaliable.

wwglen

I love white light!

Can it run off CR123A's...

*Bryan* said:

Sorta looks like the Costco HID.

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please be kidding.... cosctco HIDs are rebadged thors that look nothing like that. I remember a little while back someone had a tank searchlight that was pretty damn bright.

Looks like a giant light saber. :touche:


"So Lone Star, you have the ring. And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine." -Large Helmet / Space Balls.

It looks like the light's impressive beam is partly due to the optics as well as the lamp itself. That's a tightly focused beam.

wwglen said:

It was designed for the M60 tank BEFORE night vision became common.

I think it also had an IR filter avaliable.

wwglen

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Now that night vision is common, I would still like to use one of these 1kw tank lights if enemy forces are scoping us out with night vision.

Can anyone say major retina searing (even without the night vision!)?