As said thermals aren't great to navigate but they're nice to find people and occasionally animals. Do note they can be troublesome to get working especially if you want range with it, otherwise get some CAT phone with FLIR. Also they can have trouble when you have big differences in temperature such as snow and dark rocks in the sun.
>>2295371>since plastic coverings reflect heat different waysYou wont be able to tell the difference with thermals. It's very bad at shape recognition. At best the camera emits heat and you could pick that up
>>2295395>there isnt any way to stop them from a distanceMost camera sensors today can pick up IR, even phone cameras, so you can scan around and pick up IR emitters of the motion cams. NVG are also set up for that so if you really wanna go that route get yourself some nice nods. That's also why troops have a blinking IR light on their helmet
picrel may not reflect modern products btw but is a good example of "it's not like vidyas/movies"
