FG 1250

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| name = Fahr- und Zielgerät FG 1250

| origin = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| type = night vision device

| service = 1944—1945

| wars = World War II

| designer = Ing Gaertner, Carl Zeiss AG / Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG)

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| manufacturer = Ernst Leitz GmbH

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The FG 1250 or Fahr- und Zielgerät FG 1250 (driving and aiming device FG 1250) was a German active infrared night-vision device mounted on tanks and other armored vehicles. It was developed by Ing Gaertner of the German optics company Carl Zeiss AG beginning in 1941.{{cite book |author=Parsons |first=Zack |url=https://archive.org/details/mytankisfight0000pars |title=My Tank Is Fight! |publisher=Citadel Press |year=2006 |isbn=9780806527581 |page=48}} According to other sources, it was developed by AEG and produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH.{{Cite book |last=Trojca |first=Waldemar |title=PzKpfw. V Panther |publisher=AJ-Press |year=1999 |isbn=83-7237-017-6 |volume=2 |location=Warsaw |pages=9 |language=en}}

It consisted of a specialized mount, active infrared spotlight and accompanying image converter. In the later stages of World War II the bulky FG 1250 active infrared unit was paired to some MG 42's on Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Falke half-track armored personnel carriers{{Cite web |last=McCollum |first=Ian |date=23 November 2013 |title=Vintage Saturday: Night Vision |url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/vintage-saturday-night-vision/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201094851/http://www.forgottenweapons.com/vintage-saturday-night-vision/ |archive-date=2013-12-01 |access-date=8 August 2021 |website=Forgotten Weapons}} and MG 34's on PzKpfw V Panther tanks.