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Question regarding the Leopard 2A5 (+) "Direktsichtadapter"


Higgs

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So I noticed today that when a player adjusts the brightness and contrast of the EMES WBG, the TC get's just a black screen. Pictures below. I was wondering if that was intentional or not. Adjusting the brightness of the screen on the commanders side, doesn't affect anything.

Below what my gunner saw.

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And what I saw.

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I could not see anything anymore making the Direktsichadapter completely useless. As stated above, adjusting the brigthness on my end didn't change anything.
Is that realistic? I have never used this system myself because I'm only the gunner but it seems pointless since I'll always adjust the brightness.

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To adjust the gunner's thermal sight's properties, you must enter the "KW" mode.

You should still see something, though ... unless you ordered the gunner to switch the thermal imager into standby (Num+).

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11 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

To adjust the gunner's thermal sight's properties, you must enter the "KW" mode.

You should still see something, though ... unless you ordered the gunner to switch the thermal imager into standby (Num+).

What I mean is, that I can adjust the brightness of the screen which displays what EMES-camera films. I noticed in the past that turning down the brightness of the WBG of the gunner and the brightness of the screen of the Peri will result in a picture so dark you won't see anything.

In this case however, the brightness of the display was on maximum. Only the brightness of the WBG of the EMES was slightly turned down by my gunner. (An experienced Leopard 2 crewman in real life. He knew what he was doing. He sent me the top most picture on my initial post.)

So essentially, if the gunner turns down the brightness, the TC will quickly see absolutely nothing anymore, rather than just a darker piccture.

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15 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

To adjust the gunner's thermal sight's properties, you must enter the "KW" mode.

That's good to know, thank you. But I don't think it explains the source of my problem.

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4 hours ago, Lumituisku said:

I wonder if it happens on all leopards or just the one you were using. What Leopard variant was it that you were multicrewing? 

Leopard 2A5. 

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