Goggles Militer

U.S. Military World War II Goggles

Goggles, M-1944 with metal reinforced, cardboard box. Original M-1944 goggle sets were developed by Polaroid and delivered with three lenses (clear, dark polarizing, red) for dust, wind, and sun protection. "Goggle, M1944" is stamped into the one-piece rubber frame. The M-1944 pattern of goggles remained in use until the 1990s under several different names and part numbers (e.g. "Goggles, Sun/Wind/Dust" FSN 8465-161-4068 or NSN 8465-00-161-4068).

Tank crewman wearing M-1938 Resistal tanker goggles on his tanker helmet, armed with an M1928A1 Thompson sub-machine gun crouches along the treads of an M-3 Lee Medium Tank, Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942. Men behind him are armed with M1917 .45 cal. revolvers.

Lt. John Jay of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Mt. Rainier Test Expedition, May 1942. He is wearing the Goggles, Ski, Mountain (first pattern). 

Ballistic-Laser Protective Spectacles (B-LPS)

B-LPS Carrying Case.

Early Laser Protective Spectacles were worn as a shield, over sunglasses or ballistic protection.

Ballistic-Laser Protective Spectacles (B-LPS) with lens options. 

Special Protective Eyewear Cylindrical System (SPECS

Special Protective Eyewear Cylindrical System (SPECS)

Sun, Wind, Dust Goggles (SWDG)

U.S. Military Eye Protection System (MEPS)

 

Soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, and D Company, 1st Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment tested MEPS for the Army.

Sgt. Thomas Preston wearing the spectacles with sunglass lenses component of the Military Eye Protection System (MEPS).

Details of Military Eye Protection System (MEPS)