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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Nicolas Malakatas, Zürich, CH;
Oerlikon Contraves AG, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A method and device for judging the aiming error of a weapon system and a use of the device are disclosed. The weapon system includes a fire control device (F) for tracking a target (Z), a weapon (W) having a weapon barrel (B), aiming means for aiming the weapon barrel (B), and a data processing facility (EDV). The fire control device (F) tracks the target (Z), the data processing facility (EDV) continuously performs a lead calculation, and the weapon barrel (B) is aimed on the basis of the lead calculation. From the weapon (W), the data processing facility (EDV) receives a signal about the actual direction (&bgr;eff) of the aimed weapon barrel (B) from the view of the weapon (W). It calculates the intended direction (&bgr;*) for the weapon barrel (B) from the view of the weapon (W), as well as the aiming error (&rgr;) as a difference between the actual direction (&bgr;eff) and the intended direction (&bgr;*). An image recording device (V) records images of the target (Z). An image reproduction device (M) visualizes the recorded images as well as a deviation mark (Y) in a deviation (b) from a reference point (O), this deviation (b) being correlated to the aiming error (&rgr;).