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French NVG mount

nico62fr: Corporal; Posts : 94
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Post n°1

French NVG mount

by nico62fr Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:04 am

Hello

I just received today this hard-to find (and expensive) piece of equipment of the French army : the NVG mount.

It is called "OB 70 mount" (or "Lucie" mount or also "griffe pour Lucie")

Our NVG is OB 70, nickname "Lucie" (because it brings you some light in the night).

Different models exist. It a metallic one. The latest one, even harder to find, is an OD plastic one.

French NVG mount Griffeob701

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Re: French NVG mount

by Easy Gee Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:38 pm

Great information, and item Nico.

I assume this would fit onto the Spectra Wink

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nico62fr

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Re: French NVG mount

by nico62fr Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:58 pm

Hello

Yes Gary, it was first seen on the Spectra (I should be receiving mine soon, at the end of the month), and then on all the MSA TCF NVG v2 (the French equivalent ot the Mitch).

Today, just to try, I put it on my F1 helmet, and it fits very well too (but never seen in Afghanistan or somewhere else of course).

Now the latest model is in plastic, and very very hard to find I guess.

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Re: French NVG mount

by Easy Gee Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:35 pm

nico62fr wrote:Hello

Yes Gary, it was first seen on the Spectra (I should be receiving mine soon, at the end of the month), and then on all the MSA TCF NVG v2 (the French equivalent ot the Mitch).

Today, just to try, I put it on my F1 helmet, and it fits very well too (but never seen in Afghanistan or somewhere else of course).

Now the latest model is in plastic, and very very hard to find I guess.

Salut,Nico.
Thanks for the confirmation
Ah Yes the allusive Spectra, I am in the market for a Spectra for my French helmet collection, so I look forward to seeing your example, great stuff.

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Re: French NVG mount

by Ronnie. Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:33 pm

Sorry but it's not really hard to find...

nico62fr

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Re: French NVG mount

by nico62fr Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:02 am

Hello Ronnie, if you have a plan to get the plastic NVG mount, let us know !

Ronnie.

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Re: French NVG mount

by Ronnie. Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:05 am

Sorry but there is no for the moment

For information I search the 1rst gen lucie mount

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Re: French NVG mount

by P-E Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:52 am

Great NVG mount !

A friend of me is a soldier in the French army and explained me a small groups of soldiers had been charged to develop an alternative Lucie NVG mount for their own use in Afghanistan, an alternative mount to the very expensive existing mount. He'll send me pictures later.

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