Apparatus for displaying the detonating, light flash and smoke development of ammunition
OwnerJan Hippinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for simulating the detonation, light flash and smoke development of ammunition, without the actual firing or impact of the real thing, is disclosed. A plurality of smoke and flash pyrotechnic charges contained in a replaceable support panel, each charge having its own detonator, simulates the smoke and flash of the ammunition. In addition to the smoke and flash simulation, means for generating a noise impulse is provided to simulate the detonation. A control unit, responsive to a firing command, controls the generation of the smoke, flash and detonation noise to simulate either the firing or the impact of the ammunition. The apparatus is adaptable for mounting on the gun barrel of an armored vehicle to give the crew as real a simulation as possible.
Claims13
An apparatus for simulating the light flash and smoke development of ammunition comprising:
- (a) a support having arranged thereon a plurality of pyrotechnic charges, each said charge having a detonator, and a plurality of electrical connecting leads for supplying current for each detonator for selective firing of each charge;
- (b) a control unit responsive to a firing command, for selectively igniting selected ones of said pyrotechnic charges;
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- (c) means for releasably connecting said support as a disposable magazine to said control unit, and for electrically connecting each said connecting lead to said control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.