Gun with means for verifying the boreline direction
    1.
    发明公开
    Gun with means for verifying the boreline direction 失效
    用于验证BORELINE DIRECTION的手段

    公开(公告)号:EP0092324A3

    公开(公告)日:1985-07-31

    申请号:EP83301710

    申请日:1983-03-28

    IPC分类号: F41G03/32 F41G03/12

    CPC分类号: F41G3/323 F41G3/12

    摘要: The direction of travel of a shell fired by a gun such as a battle tank depends on the boreline direction of the barrel in the region of the muzzle, and even very small boreline errors can give rise to significant aiming errors at long range. Errors in the boreline direction can often exist in guns having relatively long barrels, as mechanical backlash and slackness in the mounting arrangement, and curvature of the barrel due to thermal stress can shift the position of the muzzle sl ightly from its true position. A solid state optical sensor having a two dimensional image surface is arranged to view the muzzle via the sight (periscope) mirror associated with the optical aiming sight of the gun. The optical sensor is positioned closely adjacent to the optical aiming sight so as to enable all position errors between the aiming sight and the muzzle to be removed. The optical sensor is scanned in a television like raster pattern, and window signals are inserted into selected line scans so that the actual position of the muzzle can be very precisely compared with its required position. Any departures from the required position are compensated by feeding correction signals into the optical aiming sight to shift the gunner's aiming mark accordingly.

    摘要翻译: 由战炮等枪射击的炮弹的行进方向取决于枪口在枪口区域的钻孔方向,即使非常小的钻孔误差也会导致远距离的瞄准误差。 钻孔方向上的错误通常存在于具有相对长的桶的机枪中,因为机械间隙和安装布置的松弛,并且由于热应力引起的筒体的弯曲可能使枪口的位置从其真实位置偏移。 具有二维图像表面的固态光学传感器布置成通过与枪的光学瞄准器相关联的瞄准镜(潜望镜)镜来观察枪口。 光学传感器定位成紧邻光学瞄准瞄准器,以便能够消除瞄准瞄准器和枪口之间的所有位置误差。 光电传感器以电视像光栅图案扫描,窗口信号被插入到选定的行扫描中,使得枪口的实际位置可以非常精确地与其所需位置进行比较。 任何离开所需位置的补偿通过将校正信号馈送到光学瞄准瞄准器中来相应地移动枪手的瞄准标记。

    Doppler-type projectile velocity measurement and communication apparatus, and method
    2.
    发明公开
    Doppler-type projectile velocity measurement and communication apparatus, and method 失效
    多普勒型项目速度测量与通信设备及方法

    公开(公告)号:EP0023365A3

    公开(公告)日:1981-04-22

    申请号:EP80104551

    申请日:1980-07-31

    申请人: ARES, Inc.

    摘要: Projectile velocity measurement and communication apparatus comprises a microwave probe fixed to a projectile barrel near a muzzle end. An osciliator, having reference frequency selected for exciting a fundamental electromagnetic mode in the barrel, is connected to the probe through a hybrid mixer configured for extracting, from moving projectile-reflected microwaves, a true Doppler signal having a varying frequency related to projectile barrel velocity. A processor, connected for receiving the Doppler signal, measures, by a clock oscillator, Doppler signal periods (half periods). A data presorter in the processor selects a last "N" number of period measurements before the projectile reaches an interference position relative to the probe, to be fed to a fire control computer interface for determination therein of projectile barrel and muzzle velocities, calibration means being provided to update barrel diameter values used in such determination. An alternative, dual reference fre- , quency variation is described, in which a dual hybrid mixer provides two independent Doppler signals, to eliminate dependency of projectile velocity determinations on barrel diameter. A reference frequency modulator and control means therefor are provided to enable microwave communication of information to the projectile, for example, of projectile target time of flight for fusing purposes. Corresponding methods for projectile velocity measurement and communication are provided.