Artillery training rounds target scoring system
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsChester L. Smith, William Donnally
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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsChester L. Smith, William Donnally
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Methods and apparatus for detecting the impact of munitions in a predefined arget region during weapons training. The apparatus includes a plurality of photo-detectors (12), each of which has a predetermined field of view in the horizontal plane, the target range being defined by the logical union of these fields of view. The impact of a munition within or without the target area causes a signal to be transmitted (14) to a receiving location which is proximate the gun site. At the receiving location (21), the incoming signals from the plurality of sensors are subjected to logical operations (24) which indicate to the operator of the gun whether or not the projectile impacted within or without the target area, or to the left or to the right of the target area. In addition, a running total (79) is kept of the number of successful impacts.
Apparatus for registering and scoring the impact of an incoming munition, said munition being of a type that generates a burst of radiation upon impact, which comprises:
A method of registering and scoring the impact of an incoming munition, said munition being of a type that generates a burst of optical radiation upon impact, said method comprising the steps of:
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