History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Internal (VEI) and foreign developments on infrared technique during The Second World War I.V. Ovcharov, Y.P. Timofeev There is briefly reviewed the background to the establishment in Russian Electrotechnical Institute (VEI) of infrared devices. A comparison of internal and foreign electronic-optical image converters was made. The author’s names were called, identifies the main areas of application of night vision devices during the Second World War. Key words: The infrared technique; image converters; VEI; The Second World War. E-mail: ovcharov@vei.ru. Pp. 11-18