Fire guidance device for a hand fire weapon
AssigneeRheinmetall Soldier Electronics GmbH
InventorGerhard Wieland
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AssigneeRheinmetall Soldier Electronics GmbH
InventorGerhard Wieland
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A fire guidance device for a hand fired weapon is suitable for day and night deployment for large caliber and slow flying ammunition or missiles, such as, for example, 40 mm grenade throwers and anti tank weapons. The fire guidance device also serves to determine and automatically adjust a set-up angle for adjustment of ballistics, and a lateral angle for spin correction. The fire guidance device is attached to the weapon so it can be tilted automatically or manually and twisting is thereby dependent upon a required set-up angle of the weapon so that direct view, by the operator, to the target is preserved. For spin correction, a defined angle in horizontal orientation is adjusted between axes of the fire guidance device and the weapon. Alternatively, the fire guidance device is mounted vertically and a required cant (tilt) is then indicated in a display, followed by tilt adjustment.
A hand fired weapon for shooting ammunition or missiles with extended or super-elevated flight paths, wherein the hand fired weapon has a fire guidance device fastened to the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device is fastened on the weapon in a manner so that the fire guidance device swivels or twists automatically or manually relative to an axis of the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device swivels or twists from a basic position to a second position, wherein swiveling of the fire guidance device from the basic position to the second position is dependent upon a required set-up angle of the weapon so that when the fire guidance device is in the second position, a direct view towards a target via the fire guidance device, or via an optical target device connected to the fire guidance device, is preserved for an operator of the hand fired weapon while the weapon is oriented to accurately shoot ammunition or a missile at the target while correcting for distance between the weapon and the target.
A hand fired weapon for shooting ammunition or missiles with extended or super-elevated flight paths, wherein the hand fired weapon has a fire guidance device fastened to the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device is fastened on the weapon in a manner so that the fire guidance device swivels or twists automatically or manually relative to an axis of the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device swivels or twists from a basic position to a second position, wherein swiveling of the fire guidance device from the basic position to the second position is dependent upon a required set-up angle of the weapon so that when the fire guidance device is in the second position, a direct view towards a target via the fire guidance device, or via an optical target device connected to the fire guidance device, is preserved for an operator of the hand fired weapon while the weapon is oriented to accurately shoot ammunition or a missile at the target while correcting for distance between the weapon and the target, wherein the fire guidance device comprises:
A hand fired weapon for shooting ammunition or missiles with extended or super-elevated flight paths, wherein the hand fired weapon has a fire guidance device fastened to the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device is fastened on the weapon in a manner so that the fire guidance device swivels or twists automatically or manually relative to an axis of the weapon, wherein the fire guidance device swivels or twists from a basic position to a second position, wherein swiveling of the fire guidance device from the basic position to the second position is dependent upon a required set-up angle of the weapon so that when the fire guidance device is in the second position, a direct view towards a target via the fire guidance device, or via an optical target device connected to the fire guidance device, is preserved for an operator of the hand fired weapon while the weapon is oriented to accurately shoot ammunition or a missile at the target while correcting for distance between the weapon and the target, wherein a spin correction angle comprises a defined angle in horizontal orientation adjusted between axes of the fire guidance device and the weapon, wherein the spin correction angle serves to correct for spin of the ammunition or the missile, wherein the fire guidance device is operable to tilt to the spin correction angle so that when the operator of the hand fired weapon takes the direct view towards the target via the fire guidance device, or via the optical target device connected to the fire guidance device, the weapon is oriented to accurately shoot ammunition or the missile at the target while correcting for distance between the weapon and the target and while correcting for spin of the ammunition or missile.
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