Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES)

Fig1 Right Side

Fig 2 Back

Fig 3 Left Side

Fig 4 Front

Fig 5 Top Label

Fig 6 Green Key

Fig 7 Helmet mounted sensors p/n: 2030360

Fig 8 Torso mounted sensors p/n: 2013160-1

Fig 9 Torso harness with box seperated Note shielded cable (3 wires) and seperate twisted pair of wires (one connected to ground). The four gromets that attach each sensor are connected to ground. Ground lug and top large white wire at left are both ground.

MILES (Wiki) is the military version of Laser Tag (Wiki).  A laser is fitted to weapons which fire blanks.  Vehicles and soldiers are outfitted with sensors.  When one of the sensors detects a laser (with coding) it signals a hit.

Each platform has the following components:

• Blank round and/or blank adapter to simulate the firing of the weapon
• Laser transmitter connected to and boresighted with the weapon.  The range of the laser is about the same as the real weapon.
  
• Laser receiver for the platform and/or soldiers with audio and visual alarm indicators of near missis and hits.
  

Controller's Gun

This is a Laser Transmitter Assembly, Controller Gun, p/n 11749279, NSN 1265-01-092-0891. 
It's fitted with a pistol grip and open sights.  On the rear panel (see Fig 2) are:
Firing LED, Man Kill button and Universal Kill button.
This is device used for testing the sensors, it's not used during a MILES exercise.
I confirmed that it's working by using the Electro Optical Gadget that's a photo diode feeding an audio amplifier.  It makes a buzzing noise when the trigger is pulled.
If while the trigger is pulled wither of the rear panel buttons is pressed the sound changes, so they are also probably working.

When only the trigger is activated the controller gun sends the "near miss" code.  When the trigger is pulled and one of the butons is pressed the gun sends either the "man kill" or "universal kill" codes.  The green key is usually clipped to the ring and is used to reactivate the laser transmitters.

Note the CAUTION label says this is NOT an eye safe device, i.e. you need to wear IR blocking glasses when using it.

Lanyard (Wanted)

Holster (Wanted)

Test Set (Wanted)

Green Key (aka God Key)

Yellow Key

Orange Key

Helmet Sensors

Man Worn Laser Detector Assembly (MWLDA) Torso Sensors

TM 9-1265-370-10-1 gives the p/n of the MWLDA as 11748808 but the one I have is marked as p/n 2013160-1.
It may be that p/n 11748808 is for the combination of the torso and helemt sensors and there are different p/ns for each.


The p/n 11748808 MWLDA has a simple battery box for a 9V battery, but not p/n 2013160-1.

I expect there are a number of movies where MILES equipment is shown, let me know what they are.

Heartbreak Ridge 1986 (IMDB) - has a few scenes where MILES is mentioned and shown in a training exercise.

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