Original Soviet Cold War 1PN58 1ПН58 NSPU-1 Night Vision Scope in Original Case with Accessories for the AK47

Original Item. Only One Available. 1PN58 (Russian: 1ПН58) is the GRAU index for a Soviet designed passive night scope for a range of Soviet designed small arms and grenade launchers. 1PN is the GRAU index of night vision devices, where PN stands for Nochnoy Pritsel (Russian: Ночной прицел) meaning night sight. It is also called NSPUM (Russian: НСПУМ). or NSPU-1. The 1PN58 was introduced into Soviet service in the early 1970s and is still used by many of the Soviet Union's successor states, and has been used in numerous conflicts around the world.

This is a very scarce 1PN58 night vision scope manufactured by the Soviet Union during the Cold War for use with any weapon fitted with the Soviet-style dovetail mount, including the SVDN2, all Dragunov rifle variants, the AK-74N2, AK-74M, AS Val, PSL, and several others.

The 1PN58 gathers light into a refractor which can be protected with an aperture cover. The center of the cover has a circular aperture with dark glass allowing the scope to be used in light conditions that would otherwise saturate the light intensifier. For zeroing the sight the left side of the scope has two perpendicular knobs, of which the elevation knob has a detachable scale. The scope comes with seven different, detachable elevation scales, one for each of the supported weapons. The scope has a magnification of 3.5x.

On the left below the aperture the device has a brightness knob. Apart from powering on and off the device, this knob controls the brightness of the reticle allowing for the reticle to be visible without outshining the target.

This example is in great shape, and may even still be functional, but we don’t have the correct battery to test it. This example is stamped:

OFF    GRID
BRIGHTNESS

(HAMMER & SICKLE UNDER STAR)
1ПН58
NW01216

The light intensifier is meant to be powered by a pack of 5 D-0,55S (Russian: Д-0,55С) rechargeable cells, providing up to 7 V. The scope requires 6.25 V. The current drawn is 7 mA. The D-0,55S battery pack is used by a range of devices including 1PN51 and 1PN51-2 and has a separate charging device. The charging device has a switch to select one of 12 V or 27 V input and two red control lamps, one to indicate that power is available and one to indicate that charging is complete.

The scope comes in its original transit chest with some accessories including a different style rubber eyepiece, and a few small bits. The majority of the accessories appear to be gone. The content sheet is intact on the interior, and the front of the case is stenciled:

1ПН58    NW01216

This denotes that the case and scope are matching, very rare to see! The canvas carrying strap is intact on the case but we would not recommend using it. The case measures 19 ¾ x 6 x 8 ½”.

Ready for further research and display!