Check-6 - Camcorder .
Designed and manufactured by the British defense corporation BAE Systems . Designed for installation on various types of armored vehicles . Allows the driver and crew to constantly monitor what is happening behind the tank or the armored personnel carrier , without leaving the cabin and thereby not endangering the enemy. This leads to increased survival of armored vehicles in combat conditions and allows you to secure the crew at certain points in the battle, when a disadvantageous situation develops (the enemy is in an unseeable zone behind a tank or armored personnel carrier).
It allows you to control a given sector day and night , regardless of weather conditions.
A contract worth about $ 45 million with the manufacturer was signed by General Dynamics in early 2009 . Deliveries of the first sets will begin as planned in April, in total it is planned to install on the Stryker armored personnel carriers and M1 Abrams battle tanks, which are armed with the US Army 12 thousand such cameras .
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See also
- Eyedrive