Thermal camera Question?
How can you hide your body heat from one of these thermal devices?I hered if you wrap yourself in a thermal blanket(one of those silver shinny ones in a survival pack)that you will not be seen by one of these thermal devices.When I was in the ARMY we had these thermal devices in some of our tanks.And our Lt told us the only way to not be seen is to wrap up in a thermal blanket.


No. If you wrape yourself in a blanket, you will get warmer. The device measures heat. How will becoming warmer help.
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The heat will come out one way or the other. The blanket causes higher temperatures to be seen at the ends where the air escapes. You may be visible even farther away.
Blocking infrared line of sight to you may help but heating your self up most certainly will not. Modern devices are very sensitive and can detect small amounts of heat.
Turning on a light or a flame in the vicinity will cause the sensitivity to reduce and may obscure your signature if well blocked.
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You really cant. You will always be warmer than the land around you, esp. at night. Even hiding in a thermal blanket wont help, instead of them seeing an outline of a person, they will see a warm blob.
They see heat AND the absence of heat, ie the difference between temperatures, so you need to blend in (thermally) with the background. There is no heat-stealth or heat-invisibility, you have to match your background. And for cripes’ sake don’t move! That’s the fastest way for an operator to know he’s not looking at a bush, when it gets up and runs!