Hi Bill,

There are pro and cons. Just stick your gun tip in the dirt and you are done with that battle. or done for the day if your broke the emitter. Hence I do not recomend it at all. It is difficult with a smaller gun and it gets tight in the barrel tip. NEAD conforms to modified RCAN rules of IR tank battle. The emitter tube must be 9MM deep and no bigger in diameter than the emitter itself. That way it restricts the cone of IR light. The gun barrel must have a visible flash so we can see when you fire the main gun. Just as the Apple leds must be visible to see a hit. A Strobe and emitter will compete for room in all but the biggest gun barrels. Most of us have them near the back of the barrel (Leave clearance for you rrecoil) or in the gun mantlet. Mantlet mount is my favorite. Volume must be all the way up and recoil is nice but NOT mandatory. We do not tolerate sticking the gun thru a tree and hiding a tank apple behind it. It is very unrealistic. I have seen CQB (Close Quarter Battles) with tanks where the barrel tip emitters couldn't hit the enemy. Unrealistic again but a fact of battle. ALSO Emitters DO go bad. To replace a barrel tip mounted emitter is very labor intensive and very vulerable to damage and debris.