CA2280647A1 - Aiming system for weapon capable of superelevation - Google Patents

Aiming system for weapon capable of superelevation Download PDF

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CA2280647A1
CA2280647A1 CA 2280647 CA2280647A CA2280647A1 CA 2280647 A1 CA2280647 A1 CA 2280647A1 CA 2280647 CA2280647 CA 2280647 CA 2280647 A CA2280647 A CA 2280647A CA 2280647 A1 CA2280647 A1 CA 2280647A1
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aiming
barrel
superelevation
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James Hugh Lougheed
David Norman Green
Stephen David Shaw
Thomas Mark Walter Bottomley
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Raytheon Co
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/14—Indirect aiming means
    • F41G3/16—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire
    • F41G3/165—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire using a TV-monitor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/46—Sighting devices for particular applications
    • F41G1/473—Sighting devices for particular applications for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/06—Aiming or laying means with rangefinder

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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Abstract

A grenade machine gun or other weapon which employs superelevation of the barrel comprises a barrel unit and an aiming system mounted upon a support. The aiming system is mounted to the weapon and the support by a coupling unit. The aiming system comprises an imaging and display unit for displaying an image of a scene including a target, angle encoders for providing a signal representing displacement of the imaging unit in elevation relative to the support, and a control unit, e.g. a computer, for selecting either of two states for the coupling unit. The first state entrains the imaging unit to move with the barrel. The second state secures the imaging unit to the support and allows the barrel to move relative to both, i.e. during superelevation of the barrel. The coupling unit may comprise a first part connected to the weapon for rotation in elevation with the barrel unit and a second part connected to the imaging unit. The control unit may comprise a computer for superimposing upon the image an aiming reticle and a rangefinder reticle, the former representing an aiming point of the imaging unit and the latter representing an aiming point of the rangefinder, and may adjust the position of the aiming reticle in dependence upon the elevation signal, and stores coordinates for selected positions. The control computer may offset the displacement signal to displace the aiming reticle relative to the field of view in a direction opposite to the required superelevation angle.
CA 2280647 1998-08-24 1999-08-23 Aiming system for weapon capable of superelevation Expired - Lifetime CA2280647C (en)

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CA2,245,406 1998-08-24
CA002245406A CA2245406C (en) 1998-08-24 1998-08-24 Aiming system for weapon capable of superelevation
CA 2280647 CA2280647C (en) 1998-08-24 1999-08-23 Aiming system for weapon capable of superelevation

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CA2280647C CA2280647C (en) 2007-05-15

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1693639A1 (en) * 2005-01-25 2006-08-23 ITL Optronics Ltd. Weapon sight assembly and weapon system including same
EP1806556A1 (en) * 2006-01-08 2007-07-11 Na-Or Ltd Target/site location acquisition device
WO2008122129A1 (en) * 2007-04-09 2008-10-16 Marinvent Coporation Self-orienting reticle

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1693639A1 (en) * 2005-01-25 2006-08-23 ITL Optronics Ltd. Weapon sight assembly and weapon system including same
EP1806556A1 (en) * 2006-01-08 2007-07-11 Na-Or Ltd Target/site location acquisition device
WO2008122129A1 (en) * 2007-04-09 2008-10-16 Marinvent Coporation Self-orienting reticle
US8325065B2 (en) 2007-04-09 2012-12-04 Marinvent Corporation Self-orienting sighting reticle for vehicle aiming equipment

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