Observation and aiming apparatus, particularly on a vehicle
AssigneeSociete d'Etudes et de Realisations Electroniques
InventorClaude Edmond Georges Weber
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Abstract
The invention relates to periscopic apparatus for the observation and aiming or sighting apparatus, particularly for mounting on a vehicle, having a stabilized panoramic gunsight head positioned externally of the vehicle and a corresponding sight tube with at least one eye piece positioned within the said vehicle. The sight tube and the gunsight head are interconnected by a wall-traversing periscopic ferrule which can be substituted by a sleeve in which is placed either a nocturnal vision means or a ranging means or both of the said means.
Claims12
A periscope comprising a panoramic sighting head for visually sighting on an object, and a sighting tube in association therewith having at least one eyepiece for an observer, said sighting tube and said sighting head being arranged to have an optical path therebetween, laser telemetry means having an emitter and receiver mounted in association with said sighting head and said sighting tube, a dichroic mirror having a front face reflecting the beam from said laser emitter toward the object and for reflecting the beam from said object toward said laser receiver, a reticule located in front of said dichroic mirror, and a reflecting trihedron located behind said dichroic mirror for causing the reflection of the image of said reticule from the rear face of said dichroic mirror to said eyepiece and image intensifying means for nocturnal vision, said dichroic mirror and said image intensifying means being movably mounted for alternate positioning along the optical path whereby said optical path is common for daytime vision, nighttime vision and laser telemetry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.