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AssigneeGiravions Dorand
InventorsJean-Claude Allard, Rene Briard, Christian Saunier
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The simulation device provides training in the firing of rockets or guided missiles by means of a shoulder weapon. As soon as a shot is fired, the firer's field of view is occulted by a shutter. The aim at the instant of firing and the point of impact with respect to the target are displayed on an instructor's video screen. The target can be of a fictitious type generated by a computer and produced within the field of view of both the instructor and the firer at the same time. In the case of a real target, an index can be controlled by the instructor in order to locate the target and follow its progress up to the instant of firing. The result of the firing operation is judged according to the position of the point of impact with respect to the fictitious target or with respect to the index. The choice of the mode of operation is made on a control desk.
A simulation device for training in the operation of shoulder weapons or the like, comprising a weapon having a sighting line which can be oriented by the firer and is fitted with an optical unit for providing the firer with a field of view comprising a firing ground and a target, and means for initiating fictitious firing of a projectile by the firer, means for transmitting an image of said field of view picked up through the optical unit to an instructor station and for projecting said field of view on to a display screen, and a computer functionally connected to the optical unit for determining the position of impact of the projectile in the plane of the target, wherein said simulation device comprises means for displaying either a target locating contour in superimposition on an image of the target displayed on the instructor screen or a fictitious target on the instructor screen, occulting means for concealing the field of view from the firer at the instant of firing a shot while allowing the display target to remain on the screen of the instructor station at the time of occultation of the firer's field of view, and means for displaying the impact position with respect to the target on the display screen of the instructor station.
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