DE3540876A1 - SUPPLEMENTARY DEVICE FOR SIMULATORS FOR SHOOTING TRAINING AND MANEUVER - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a supplementary device for Simulators for shooting training and maneuvers where the targeting qualities and weapon conditions through imaginary Shots to targets are checked, using the imaginary Shots by laser, infrared and / or combinations with Radio signals are displayed, determined and transmitted.

For military training purposes, laser beam Shot simulators and infrared shot simulators very common. You have the advantage that the high Ammunition costs are not incurred with such exercises. Furthermore can not only be shot at unmanned objects that possibly through complex remote control techniques must be moved, but also to manned objects. To this Wise is a very realistic simulation of a battle situation possible.  

There must always be some interaction in the shot simulation take place between the shooting object and the hit object, so that not only the hit object recognizes that it has been hit is, but also the shooting object about success or Failure of his shot is informed. It can be in a realistic exercise with a lot of objects Pro give bleme to clearly identify who hit whom Has. This applies especially to night exercises where electro optical directional or target sight measuring devices are used.

The exercises in the mix of different connected weapons let the do not make a judgment about which branch of arms is particularly successful was rich or at risk. The objectification of battleships Education and maneuvers in the weapon mix are of high importance worth to. Especially during night exercises you can use the up to known facilities, the referees are not precise Take a picture of the circumstances.

The object of the invention is an effective To create facility with the details of shots  and / or hits for third parties, e.g. Trainer and the same for immediate or later evaluation and maneuvers criticism made visible.

The solution according to the invention is that Simulation devices high-frequency transmitter nachge are switched on that events, e.g. "Shot", "Tref fer ", each broadcaster has its own identity tification code together with the coded to be reported Event sends, and that a central receiving and Evaluation device provided for the high-frequency signals by which the event messages received by part identified, timely and centrally registered and the shot and hit events are recorded.

The practicing groups, units or par parts in connection with laser shot simulators, infra red shot simulators and / or pyrotechnic Signature devices for shots and hits received, this event nisse coded, together with a coded subscriber number and Name of the type of weapon facility (at the time of the Er event) as a high-frequency data telegram. So that is a real-fact / real-time event monitoring and recording the battle events during simulated exercises in open terrain possible. Maneuvers can run freely and are objectified and capable of analysis.

In the simplest training, the radio transmission telegram, consisting of participants  number and event to be reported also from the shot button of one Weapon system or a trigger command for a pyrotechni cal signature device in parallel to the simulator switches and be broadcast.

To create a more realistic situation, A directions on the participant to be met to deliver optical and / or acoustic signals or for igniting pyrotechnic or chemical charges are provided in the event of a hit be, so the fact of the hit is not just electronic is registered, but also directly in a realistic form can be seen and heard on the training field.

So that not a lethally hit object (e.g. a tank) in unrealistic way still on the simulated Combat operations can participate, it can be provided that Means to deactivate the hit object a hit are provided.

When the central registration facility to register of events with simultaneous recording of the time the same are trained, one also receives information about the time course of the exercise and not just the total number of hits and / or shots fired.  

The central registration facility is expedient trained to print out the results, since then documents to discuss the course in a particularly useful form are available.

If several central registration facilities are provided, each of which is only used to register certain selected Er events, e.g. a realistic one Situation created in which the observers of each party only information about the state of their own participants hold. But you can also carry out the registration so that e.g. only the leaders of certain troops or branches of arms or the like get the information that their troops share or correspond to their branch of arms.

The arrangement can also be made so that not only the fact of hits is registered, but also the Hit quality such as Miss, near hit, hit, destructive hit.

The device can also be designed so that it to register other factors, especially incorrect or correct handling of the weapon system, distance to the target, Storage of the target, speed of movement of the target, leads angle, type of ammunition used, set or incorrect Attachment angle, etc. is formed.

It can further be provided that a hit only after a Time delay is determined and registered by the flight time of a hypothetical projectile. This too the realism of the exercise is increased.

If the events are shown graphically in chronological order be placed or otherwise graphically in chronological order are printed out, the time course of the exercise will be made particularly clear.  

The principle of the invention is described below with reference to the beige added drawing described for example.

In the figure, a shooting participant 1 , a meeting of the participant 2 and a central registration device 3 are indicated by dashed lines.

The shooting participant 1 contains a laser beam shot simulator or an infrared shot simulator 11 . With this shot simulator, a directed laser beam or infrared beam 14 is emitted. At the same time, the fact of the shot and the weapon type selected are passed on to a high-frequency transmitter 12 , which codes the parameters of the shot (weapon type, etc.) and the subscriber number of the subscriber 1 and emits a correspondingly coded high-frequency signal via an antenna 13 .

If the laser beam or infrared beam 14 of the shot simulator hits a corresponding detector 21 in subscriber 2 , the fact of a hit is registered and reported to a high-frequency transmitter 22 . This high-frequency transmitter 22 then emits a coded high-frequency signal via an antenna 23 , the coding containing the subscriber number of subscriber 2 , the fact of the hit, the quality of hits and, if appropriate, further parameters.

In the figure, only two participants 1 , 2 are shown. In reality, however, there are a large number of such participants who can also belong to different types of weapons and can be provided with different shot simulators 11 depending on the type of weapon present in reality.

To register shots and hits, the real-time event data acquisition device 3 is now provided according to the invention. This has an antenna 31 with which the high-frequency signals of the participants are received. These high-frequency signals are then received in an amplifier 37 and demodulated. In an electronic circuit 32 , which is connected to a timer (clock 35 ), a memory 36 and a microprocessor 34 or contains these parts, the events are evaluated and then printed out with a printer 33 .

In addition to the measures of this simple embodiment, further devices can be provided, for example a device 24 in the met subscriber 2 , for example a pyrotechnic device, through which an audio-visual signal is emitted in the event of a hit.

Claims (10)

1. Supplementary device for simulators for shooting training and maneuvers, in which the aiming qualities and weapon conditions are checked by means of imaginary shots to targets, the imaginary shots being represented, determined and transmitted by laser, infrared and / or combinations with radio signals, characterized that the simulation means radio frequency transmitter (12, 22) are connected downstream of that, in events, such as "shot", "hit", respectively, the downstream transmitter transmits its own identification code together with the encoded to be reported event, and in that a central receiving and evaluation device ( 3 ) is provided for the high-frequency signals, by means of which the received event messages according to participants ( 1 , 2 ) are identified, centrally registered in good time, and the shot and hit events are recorded. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that Kills like hits with audiovisual signatures, e.g. with pyrotechnic devices. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the central registration devices ( 3 ) are designed to register the events with simultaneous recording of the time of the same. 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it has a buffer ( 36 ) for almost simultaneous event reporting. 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a plurality of central registration devices ( 3 ) are provided, each of which is designed only for registering certain, selected events. 6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that to register separately by parties of the exercise is trained by events. 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized ge indicates that it is used to register the target quality is trained (missed shot, near hit, hit, destructive hit).   8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized ge indicates that it is used to register other factors, especially wrong or correct handling of the weapons systems, distance to target, filing from target, movement target speed, lead angle, used mu nition type, set or wrong attachment angle is formed. 9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized ge indicates that a hit only after a time delay tion is registered and delayed that is the flight time of a hypothetical pro jektils corresponds. 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized ge indicates that the events are in chronological order can be represented graphically.