How are the different colored lenses on military flashlights used?

Question

I've seen blue,red,green,amber and clear lenses on the flashlights but I don't know why you would use the other ones

Answer 1

some of them are used for signaling specific messages to your team but we rarely ever do that anymore. For the most part you will only ever use 3 of those lenses. I use the red one for map reading at night time. The white one deminished light. The blue one for tracking.

Answer 2

purple - white is in basic terms too vivid to apply at night so purple is the greater tactical decision and our maps are purple mild readable so which you would be able to truly see the colour great difference on plant existence/water/ contour line etc. WHITE- a vivid clever flashlight for use outdoors of the sphere the different colour is used for signaling for issues and such.,.. we don't probably use the different colour anymore

Answer 3

The red one is at night because it won't mess with your night vision, and it isn't as visable from a distance. Because of the red light, some military maps have different coloring so that they can still be visible with the red light.

Answer 4

different colors mean different things~~ mostly for night vision it's better to see with