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US 4,062,267 AGranted
Apparatus for conducting firing
AssigneeSociete d'Optique, Precision Electronique et Mecanique-Sopelem
InventorsRene Vinches, Jacques Moirez
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AssigneeSociete d'Optique, Precision Electronique et Mecanique-Sopelem
InventorsRene Vinches, Jacques Moirez
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Apparatus for conducting firing adapted to the aiming of a cannon movable bearing and in elevation around a turning axis as a function of aim values given by a firing table corresponding to the cannon and other parameters of firing. The apparatus comprises a telescopic sight with an optical deviator element for displacement of the line of sight, the optical deviator element being mounted on a support coupled in bearing and in elevation with the cannon and being subjected to the action of a cam whose profile is determined by the aim values from the firing table and which is coupled to a motor controlled by a rangefinder device whose transmission and reception beams are connected in bearing and in elevation to the axis of the observation scope of the telescope. The opticial deviator element is articulated through the intermediary of a spherical articulation on the support connected to the cannon and the opticial deviator element is subjected to the signal of a detector of the vertical operating so that the observation axis must be maintained in a substantially vertical plane passing through the direction of the target.
In an apparatus for conducting firing adapted to the aiming of a cannon movable in bearing and in elevation around a turning axis as a function of the aim values given from a table of firing corresponding to the cannon and of other parameters of firing and comprising an observation scope with an optical deflector element serving for the displacement of the line of sight, support means mounting said optical deflector and connected in bearing and in elevation with the cannon, cam means for moving said support means including a movable cam having a profile determined by the aim values from the table of firing, motor means for driving the cam, rangefinder means operatingly coupled to the motor means, said rangefinder means having transmission and receiving beams connected in bearing and in elevation to the axis of the observation scope, the improvement wherein said support means comprises a spherical articulation assembly pivotably supporting said optical deflection element for spherical movement and vertical detector means coupled to said optical deflector element for maintaining the axis of sight in a substantially vertical plane passing through the direction of the target.
In an apparatus for conducting firing adapted to the aiming of a cannon movable in bearing and in elevation around a turning axis as a function of the aim values given from a table of firing corresponding to the cannon and of other parameters of firing and comprising an observation scope with an optical deflector element serving for the displacement of the line of sight, support means mounting said optical deflector element and connected in bearing and in elevation with the cannon, cam means for moving said support means including a movable cam having a profile determined by the aim values from the table of firing, motor means for driving the cam, rangefinder means operatively coupled to the motor means, said rangefinder means having transmission and receiving beams connected in bearing and in elevation to the axis of the observation scope, the improvement comprising means for guiding said optical deflector element to displace the line of sight in a plane perpendicular to the turning axis, vertical detector means, motor means driven by said vertical detector means and a second optical deflector element movable under the action of said motor means to cause the image of the landscape to turn such that a vertical line through the landscape is substantially perpendicular to the turning axis.
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