Using Thermal in a Night Vision Match (Moons Out 2026)

I am really interested in the use of thermal optics for night shooting. As we can see from lots of footage in Ukraine, thermal imaging is a really important technology in modern warfare, and IR emissions like lasers and floodlights are far less useful in a peer-on-peer environment than in the low-tech counter-insurgency the US fought in the Middle East for many years. This yeah I ran an AGM Rattler 640 at the Moons Out match, and this is my takeaway from it, and plans for how to do the concept better next year.

Thanks to Nocturne Industries for sponsoring the match!

Some other videos from Moons Out 2026:
Nova Group’s Loadout: https://youtu.be/VAyhmj6dMXs
BrassFacts’ Belt-Fed match run: https://youtu.be/Y3uylxKOpg4
Kit Badger’s Loadout: https://youtu.be/i34LzooHJsc
Ballistic Aviation’s match video: https://youtu.be/2Us4EWEjOgk
C_DOES’ match video: https://youtu.be/1S6esEZryIE