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Night-vision devices and night sights with a mounting device for guns (Schusswaffen) are prohibited items if they have an image converter or electronic amplification (WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.2). The exemption for hunting license holders covers only front and rear clip-ons, not weapon sights; the only option is an exemption from the Federal Criminal Police Office on application (WaffG § 40 Abs. 3 S. 4, Abs. 4).

Legal reference: WaffG Anl. 2 Abschn. 1 Nr. 1.2.4.2; WaffG § 40 Abs. 3 S. 4, Abs. 4 · Checked 10/2026 · WaffG and your authority have the final say.

The weapons act does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. Optronic devices specially developed for military use count as war material (§ 18 Abs. 1 WaffG 1996 i.V.m. § 1 Art. I Z 8 KMV). Use when hunting is governed by the hunting act of the federal state.

Legal reference: § 18 Abs. 1 WaffG 1996 i.V.m. § 1 Art. I Z 8 KMV · Checked 10/2026 · WaffG 1996 and your authority have the final say.

Night-vision sights and their specially designed components are weapon accessories: acquisition, transfer, brokering within Switzerland and bringing them into Switzerland are prohibited; the canton may grant an exemption (Art. 4 Abs. 2 lit. b, Art. 5 Abs. 2 lit. d WG). The legal text does not say expressly whether front clip-ons and thermal devices fall under this. When hunting, night-vision sights are prohibited (Art. 2 Abs. 1 lit. e JSV); the canton may allow exceptions only for specially trained hunters or game wardens and only to protect species or habitats, to prevent damage by game, to combat animal diseases or to track wounded animals (Art. 3 Abs. 1 JSV). Anyone who acquired one lawfully may possess it.

Legal reference: Art. 4 Abs. 2 lit. b, Art. 5 Abs. 2 lit. d WG; Art. 2 Abs. 1 lit. e JSV · Checked 10/2026 · WG and your authority have the final say.

The weapons act does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. When hunting, as a rule only optical devices are allowed in which the image is formed in natural light and not processed electronically; binoculars used for observation are exempt – the provision does not say whether this also covers electronic binoculars (§ 4 ust. 1 i 2 rozp. MŚ z 23.03.2005). For night hunting of certain species, night-vision and thermal sights are permitted, as are night-vision or thermal observation devices (§ 4 ust. 1a, § 7 ust. 1 pkt 1 rozp. MŚ z 23.03.2005).

Legal reference: § 4 ust. 1 i 2 rozp. MŚ z 23.03.2005; § 4 ust. 1a, § 7 ust. 1 pkt 1 rozp. MŚ z 23.03.2005 · Checked 10/2026 · rozp. MŚ z 23.03.2005 and your authority have the final say.

The weapons act does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. The hunting act allows certain species to be shot at night only with suitable observation and shooting optics (§ 45 odst. 1 písm. l) z. č. 449/2001 Sb.).

Legal reference: § 45 odst. 1 písm. l) z. č. 449/2001 Sb. · Checked 10/2026 · z. č. 449/2001 Sb. and your authority have the final say.

Only holders of a weapons permit for hunting purposes may possess a night sight with an image converter or electronic amplification, together with a hunting long gun; collectors are exempt (RelvS § 20¹ lg 5, RelvS § 20¹ lg 5¹; § 25 lg 3). The text does not expressly mention thermal devices. When hunting, a night sight is prohibited as a rule; exceptions are set by the environmental authority.

Legal reference: RelvS § 20¹ lg 5; RelvS § 20¹ lg 5¹; § 25 lg 3 · Checked 10/2026 · RelvS and your authority have the final say.

Night sights – expressly including thermal devices (GŠKĮ 2 str. 47 d.) – may only be acquired, possessed and used by holders of a weapons permit for sport, hunting, service in the Riflemen's Union or soldiers' training (GŠKĮ 13 str. 11 d.). When hunting, they are prohibited except for certain species.

Legal reference: GŠKĮ 13 str. 11 d.; GŠKĮ 2 str. 47 d. · Checked 10/2026 · GŠKĮ and your authority have the final say.

The Firearms Act does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. When hunting, night sights that magnify or alter the image electronically are prohibited (metsästyslaki 33 § 1 mom. 4 k.); wild boar hunting and the taking of unprotected mammals other than feral cats (only voles, mice and rats; game such as fox or raccoon dog is not included) are exempt – the ban applies to unprotected birds (metsästyslaki 33 § 3 mom., 49 § 2 mom.).

Legal reference: metsästyslaki 33 § 1 mom. 4 k.; metsästyslaki 33 § 3 mom., 49 § 2 mom. · Checked 10/2026 · metsästyslaki and your authority have the final say.

Weapons law does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. Items intended for arming or equipping armed forces may only be possessed with a license from the Minister of the Interior (art. 28 TULPS). When hunting, night-vision sights, including digital ones, are permitted only for the selective culling of wild boar, and not if they are armament material; any means the law does not expressly permit is prohibited – the law does not say whether this also covers an observation device (art. 13 co. 2-ter e co. 5 L. 157/1992).

Legal reference: art. 28 TULPS; art. 13 co. 2-ter e co. 5 L. 157/1992 · Checked 10/2026 · TULPS and your authority have the final say.

Sighting and night-vision devices using light intensification or passive infrared are category A2 war material if they are intended exclusively for military use or can be operated hands-free (R311-2 I rubrique 2, 14° CSI); acquisition and possession are then prohibited. The provision does not say expressly whether a civilian weapon sight or a front or rear clip-on on the weapon falls under this – that is disputed. For hunting, these devices are prohibited; the hunting rules count a monocular with an adapter for the riflescope among the devices operated hands-free. The exceptions are operations led by the lieutenants de louveterie and defensive shooting at wolves by livestock keepers with the prefect's authorization (arrêté du 1er août 1986, art. 7 et 12; Code de l'environnement, L411-1 I bis C).

Legal reference: R311-2 I rubrique 2, 14° CSI; arrêté du 1er août 1986, art. 7 et 12; Code de l'environnement, L411-1 I bis C · Checked 10/2026 · Code de la sécurité intérieure and your authority have the final say.

The Reglamento de Armas does not mention night-vision or thermal devices. Telescopic sights and other devices that make a big-game rifle more effective may, however, only be bought, held and used by holders of license D (art. 100.6 RA) – by its wording, a night-vision sight for such a rifle falls under this. The Reglamento does not mention observation devices; hunting with night vision is regulated by the autonomous communities.

Legal reference: art. 100.6 RA · Checked 10/2026 · Reglamento de Armas and your authority have the final say.

Optical-electronic sights with a light beam, light intensification or infrared that are built for mounting on a firearm or crossbow require a permit (§ 1 Stk. 1 Nr. 10 våbenloven); a permit is granted only in special cases (§ 8 våbencirkulæret). The act does not mention an observation device that is not built for mounting on the gun. The app has not checked what hunting law allows.

Legal reference: § 1 Stk. 1 Nr. 10 våbenloven; § 8 våbencirkulæret · Checked 10/2026 · våbenloven and your authority have the final say.

Swedish firearms law does not list night-vision or thermal devices among the items it treats as firearms (1 kap. 4 § vapenlagen (2026:408)). In hunting, weapons and other means of hunting may be used only to the extent and in the manner provided for in the hunting ordinance or in regulations issued under it (10 § jaktförordningen (1987:905)). In hunting, the hunting ordinance expressly allows electronic image intensifiers, image converters and thermal cameras in close connection with the hunting weapon only when hunting wild boar, and thermal sights only in open terrain or at bait sites (14 a § jaktförordningen (1987:905)). For birds and the protected mammals listed in the ordinance, night sights with an electronic image intensifier or converter are prohibited (10 a § jaktförordningen (1987:905), Bilaga 5 jaktförordningen (1987:905)). The app has not checked whether the regulations of the Naturvårdsverket allow further means of hunting (15 § jaktförordningen (1987:905)).

Legal reference: 1 kap. 4 § vapenlagen (2026:408); 14 a § jaktförordningen (1987:905) · Checked 11/2026 · jaktförordningen and your authority have the final say.

As a prohibited accessory, Slovak firearms law names only a suppressor that does not meet the statutory requirements (§ 4 ods. 4 zákona č. 190/2003 Z. z.); it does not name night-vision or thermal devices there. In hunting, sights and riflescopes for shooting at night – with electronic image magnification or inversion, infrared, laser or light amplification – and night-vision devices (noktovízory) are a prohibited hunting method (§ 65 ods. 2 písm. c zákona č. 274/2009 Z. z.); the wording does not limit night-vision devices to those used for aiming. Advertising, offering and selling such means for hunting are prohibited (§ 65 ods. 8 zákona č. 274/2009 Z. z.). Exemptions are granted by the Ministry of Agriculture in individual cases (§ 72 písm. p zákona č. 274/2009 Z. z.).

Legal reference: § 4 ods. 4 zákona č. 190/2003 Z. z.; § 65 ods. 2 písm. c zákona č. 274/2009 Z. z. · Checked 11/2026 · zákon č. 274/2009 Z. z. and your authority have the final say.

The Wwm does not list night vision and thermal devices as a category of their own. On a hunting gun, sights with image converters or electronic image intensifiers and light sources are prohibited (Art. 11.79 Abs. 5 Bal), unless the province provides otherwise (Art. 11.29 Bal); whether a device falls under a category outside hunting (Art. 2 Wwm) is unresolved – the app does not model it.

Legal reference: Art. 11.79 Abs. 5 Bal; Art. 2 Wwm · Checked 11/2026 · Bal and your authority have the final say.

In Ireland a telescope sight with an electronic light amplification or infra-red device (night vision, thermal) designed to be fitted to a firearm counts as a component part of a firearm (s. 1(1)(g)(i) Firearms Act 1925). Under the Commissioner's Guidelines 2018 you state it, with a good reason, in the application for the firearm; adding it later needs a new application. The wording does not say whether this makes it restricted.

Legal reference: s. 1(1)(g)(i) Firearms Act 1925 · Checked 11/2026 · Firearms Act 1925 and your authority have the final say.

As parts and accessories of firearms, night vision devices are prohibited weapons in Belgium (Art. 3 Wapenwet) – also when detached or as a clip-on device, as long as it can be mounted on a firearm. Whether a handheld observation device that cannot be mounted is covered is disputed: the Minister of Justice calls night vision devices prohibited without distinction, hunting associations read the handheld device as permitted.

Legal reference: Art. 3 Wapenwet · Checked 11/2026 · Wapenwet and your authority have the final say.

Night-vision and thermal devices are not among the licensed gun parts (våpenforskrifta § 2-4). When hunting, image-intensifying and thermal sights are prohibited (viltressursloven § 26); they are allowed for wild boar and red fox in open terrain or at a bait site, for red deer where the municipality allows it by regulation, and when tracking wounded deer, wild boar and red fox – notify the landowner, the police and the municipality first (forskrift om utøvelse av jakt, felling og fangst § 29a).

Legal reference: viltressursloven § 26; våpenforskrifta § 2-4 · Checked 11/2026 · viltressursloven and your authority have the final say.

In Luxembourg, night vision and thermal sighting devices – including clip-ons and attachments on the weapon – are prohibited weapons of category A.26 (Art. 2 loi du 2 février 2022); purely optical scopes and devices admitted by hunting law are excepted. Whether hunters may use them is disputed: the government reads the removal of the hunting bans in 2024 as admitting them; on the wording (“admis par la législation sur la chasse”) hunting law must admit them, and the hunting regulation names only optical image intensifiers (Art. 6 règlement grand-ducal du 16 décembre 2011). We found no case law on this. In any case, hunting takes place only during the day (Art. 10 of the Law of 25 May 2011 on hunting).

Legal reference: Art. 2 loi du 2 février 2022; Art. 6 règlement grand-ducal du 16 décembre 2011 · Checked 11/2026 · loi du 2 février 2022 and your authority have the final say.

Mounting a night sight on a firearm cannot be licensed in Hungary unless another legal provision provides otherwise (Ftv. 4. § (1) e)). The Hunting Act prohibits the electronic sight only for night hunting, allows it by day for solo hunting and permits exceptions by the hunting authority (Vtv. 37/A. § (1), (3), (5)). Whether this rule is the deviating provision the Ftv. reserves is unsettled: on one reading the hunter may mount the device within the Hunting Act, on the other the Hunting Act governs only hunting, not gun ownership. The app has found no decision on this.

Legal reference: Ftv. 4. § (1) e); Vtv. 37/A. § (1), (3), (5) · Checked 11/2026 · Ftv. and your authority have the final say.