Method and equipment for the control of aiming and firing at a real target

A method of fire control for firing at a real target comprising the steps of:

• associating a firing weapon with a laser radiation source and a detector sensitive to said radiation mounted in proximity to said weapon, automatically adjusting the orientation of the radiation from said source independently of the aiming of the weapon for continuous detection of the target as a result of detection of radiation by said detector after reflection from the target, determining said orientation and the time of transit of radiation between the source and the target, obtaining from said orientation and time of transit target data relating to the target position in elevation and azimuth and to the target distance, and evaluating the result of a simulated shot by comparing said data quantitatively with the position of a simulated projectile along an expected trajectory wherein said adjusting step comprises carrying out a first field scan by the radiation until detection of said radiation after reflection from the target, then tracking the target by a second field scan wherein the orientation of the radiation is maintained on the target during all target displacements, and wherein said first field scan is defined as a field in the vicinity of the position of a simulated projectile at each point in its expected trajectory and wherein tracking of a target detected in the field is abandoned when the target passes out of the field or when the projectile passes beyond the target without a direct hit.