Original U.S. Army Vietnam Era AN/PVS-2 Starlight Night Vision Scope with Transit Chest - Serial 0020 Russian Maxim 1910 While this is an early

While this is an early M-1 helmet it has a later set of swivel (movable) chinstrap loops called “bales” and a stainless steel rim

It is also engraved with a decorative panel

5 mm dark pink (the bloodstained soil of China)

It may have been a battlefield pickup during the war

Original U.S. Army Vietnam Era AN/PVS-2 Starlight Night Vision Scope with Transit Chest - Serial 0020 Russian Maxim 1910 While this is an earlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The U. S. Army AN PVS 2 is a first generation night vision device, first developed during the Vietnam war era, which quickly went through several different revisions. While very large and heavy by "modern" standards, the 6 pound passive starlight PVS 2s were considered state of the art when it came to the capabilities of U. S. troops fighting at night. These scopes first entered service at the height of the Vietnam