[eartick]

I use a regular lazer with GEN3 NVG now and am wondering why I would need this for hogs? The green or red lazer just shows white in the NVG kinda like the EOTECH hologram site on low intensity.

In a tactical situation if the other side had NVG and you were using this, you would just be making yourself a target, IMO.

[marktwain]

The way it is used tactically is to only turn on the laser when you intend to shoot at a target. The military uses infrared lasers because not everyone has night vision.

Dedicated night vision weapons sights are heavy and expensive, but you can use an infrared laser with an ordinary night vision headset.

[Eye of Unk]

Exactly.

[TADSLOS]

In a tactical situation if the other side had NVG and you were using this, you would just be making yourself a target, IMO.

True, and as Yon stated in his most recent posting, there are plenty of affordable, consumer level still and video cameras with IR sensitivity embedded in them that can trace your IR beam back to you when the enemy looks in their viewfinder.