Temporary Illuminated Marking System

Technical Information

The T.I.M.S. Temporary Illuminated Marking system is a flexible lightweight man portable marking system to overcome the problem of highlighting areas of danger or marking a safe route.

The system comprises of two power packs, each pack  is driven by 8 x AA batteries. The power packs have two modes of operation, full illumination and the second allows the illumination levels to be reduced to a point where there is no visible light to the naked eye, but if looked at through night vision goggles it can be clearly seen. This offers the ability to adjust the light output to suit the tactical situation.

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T.I.M.S. Temporary Illuminated Marking System

T.I.M.S. Temporary Illuminated Marking System, is a lightweight man portable system, that reduces the problem of marking areas of danger, or marking a safe route.

Temporary Illuminated Marking System (T.I.M.S.) comprises two power packs, the illumination is driven by 8 x AA batteries. The power packs have two modes of operation, the first is full illumination, and the second allows the illumination levels to be reduced to a point where it is not visible to the naked eye, but clearly seen when looking through a night vision goggle. So this offers the user the ability to adjust the light output to suit the tactical situation.

  • System Comprises
    2 x Power packs
    4 x 10m lengths of illumination material
    20 x pegs
    1 x webbing carry case
    The total pack weight is 2Kg

Because there is a requirement for both High and Low levels of illumination, the system comprises two 10m lengths of red illumination material and 2 x 10m lengths of blue green material. The blue/green material is normally used when a high level if illumination is required. If this equipment is being used to illuminate the edges of the bridges we will supply a clip which enables it the be fitted to the relevant bridge. For more information on the clips please contact our sales team.

Key Applications Include:
Military Engineering
Port Installations & Airfields
Rear Echelons
Teeth Arm Operations, Mounted and Dismounted
Special Forces
Marking Breaches/Gaps
Minefields
Individual Mine Marking
Marking Defiles, Obstacle s
Marking Start Lines, FUPs, etc
Forming NATO “T”s
Urban Operations
A1 Echelon Rolling replenishment
RMP Close Support Route Marking
Marking NBCD Areas (2 RTR)

T.I.M.S. Technical Specification
Power pack Dimensions: 165 x 82 x 75mm
Length of illumination: 2 X 10m
Illumination colour: Red or blue/green
Illumination duration: Overt 40 Hours – Covert: 120 Hours
Pegging: 20 pegs
Finish: Powder coat
Weight per module: 0.5Kg
Tensile strength: 130Kg
Number of batteries: 8 x AA
IP Rating: IP65
Case material: Aluminium
Total system weight: 2 Kg