Good to see decent threads being derailed by sensational spam as usual, always a beneficiary in furthering the topic at hand...
Real soldiers don't need such luxuries. 
What's this got to do with night-ops, anyway? 
Really? it provides thermal visioning that highlights emissions of heat which in the case of night fighting means guaranteed marks on enemy soldiers as their bodies metabolic processes give off the most heat vs the surroundings which are no longer induced with uav rays from the sun.
In layman terms, warm blooded beings will be singled out of the cooler environment as they are 'heated'.
Anyway I think that the infra-red equipment should at least be featured in the campaign would be an excellent set piece more so for latter part of it then the former for sure.
