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You have to fill out an ITAR statement/request to ship NV equipment outside of the U.S. for gen 2, 3 and 4. There's a reason for that.
I would suspect the SF guys had gen 4 equipment. Your talking daylight, facial recognition beyond 100 meters, type equipment. And while it's not "delicate" by any means, it still needs to be maintained, who is going to provide it? You need to train with it to be effective, who is going to provide that?
I don't want to minimize the impact of these thefts, but long term? I would compare it to the Plains Tribes warriors riding around with "Golden Boys" in obsolete calibers unable to find ammunition for them. Status symbol only.