Abstract: A light-weight night vision device includes a housing carrying an objective lens through which low-level light from a scene to be viewed is received. The housing carries an image intensifier tube receiving the low-level light from the objective lens, and providing in response an image representative of the scene. An eye piece carried by the housing provides a user of the device with an view of the representative image. The housing includes a light-weight portion which both carries the objective lens and partially houses the image intensifier tube. This light-weight housing portion also serves to shield the image intensifier tube from radio frequency and electrostatic interference.