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How are the different colored lenses on military flashlights used?

I've seen blue,red,green,amber and clear lenses on the flashlights but I don't know why you would use the other ones

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1. some of them are used for signaling specific messages to your team but we rarely ever do that anymore. For the most part you will only ever use 3 of those lenses. I use the red one for map reading at night time. The white one deminished light. The blue one for tracking.
2. The red one is at night because it won't mess with your night vision, and it isn't as visable from a distance. Because of the red light, some military maps have different coloring so that they can still be visible with the red light.
3. different colors mean different things~~ mostly for night vision it's better to see with