Marksmanship training apparatus
AssigneeAustralasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd.
InventorsLindsay C. Knight, Robert B. Phillips
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Abstract
Apparatus for training in marksmanship which provides positive and negative reinforcement of shooting techniques immediately after each shot is fired. The reinforcement may take a number of forms, preferably comprising a plurality of indications concerning each shot fired. The indications may comprise at least an approximate indication of where a projectile fired at a target has passed relative to the target and/or a positive indication of whether the projectile has actually hit the target and/or whether the projectile has ricocheted prior to reaching the zone of the target. Specific apparatus for performing each of these functions is disclosed. Indication may also be given concerning whether the trainee marksman is correctly gripping the weapon being fired.
Claims14
Apparatus for use in training a marksman in which a projectile travels along a trajectory from a firing point toward a target member and through a measurement plane, said apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting and indicating, relative to a target representation, a location in said measurement plane through which said trajectory passes, thereby providing at least an approximate indication to said marksman of where said projectile passes relative to said target member;
- means for detecting and providing a positive indication of whether said projectile hit said target member to said marksman;
- ricochet detection means comprising:
- means for measuring a velocity of the projectile in the vicinity of the target member;
- means for comparing said measured velocity with at least one expected projectile velocity value to ascertain if said measured velocity is within an expected projectile velocity range;
- and
- means for providing an indication to said marksman of the result of said comparison between said measured velocity and said at least one expected velocity value.
Apparatus for use in training a marksman in which a projectile is fired at a rigid target member, said apparatus comprising:
- a rigid target member;
- means for detecting a projectile hit on said target member;
- means for detecting passage of said projectile through at least one predetermined zone located relative to said target member;
- and
- computing means responsive to said hit detecting means and said passage detecting means and operative for:
- determining a time difference between an instant at which said hit detecting means detects a projectile hit on said target member and an instant at which said passage detecting means detects passage of said projectile through said predetermined zone;
- comparing said time difference with at least one expected time difference value to ascertain whether the velocity of said projectile is within an expected projectile velocity range;
- and
- providing an indication, based upon the result of said comparison, of a free flight or a ricochet hit on said target to said marksman.
Apparatus for use in training a marksman in which a projectile is fired at a rigid target member, said apparatus comprising:
- a rigid target member;
- means for detecting a projectile hit on said target member;
- means for measuring velocity by said projectile in the vicinity of said target member;
- and
- computing means responsive to said hit detecting means and said velocity measuring means and operative for:
- comparing said measured velocity with at least one expected projectile velocity value to ascertain in said measured velocity is within an expected projectile velocity range;
- and
- providing an indication, based upon the result of said comparison between said measured velocity and said at least one expected velocity value, of a free flight or ricochet hit on said target to said marksman.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.