EP0447080A1 - Aufklärungsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0447080A1
EP0447080A1 EP91301733A EP91301733A EP0447080A1 EP 0447080 A1 EP0447080 A1 EP 0447080A1 EP 91301733 A EP91301733 A EP 91301733A EP 91301733 A EP91301733 A EP 91301733A EP 0447080 A1 EP0447080 A1 EP 0447080A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/02—Aiming or laying means using an independent line of sight
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
    • F42B12/365—Projectiles transmitting information to a remote location using optical or electronic means

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  • the present invention relates to a device for tactical reconnaissance and survey.
  • An aerial reconnaissance device comprising an elongated body having a flight-arresting device at one end, an image-forming device at the other end, a telemetry package adpated to transmit to a receiving station an image of a scene viewed by the image-forming device and means for deploying the flight-arresting device at a suitable point in the flight path of the reconnaissance device when it is in use.
  • the image-forming device preferably is a solid-state television camera which may be adapted to operate in the visual or infra-red regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • the telemetry package in addition to being adapted to transmit to a receiving station an image of the scene viewed by the image-forming device, may be adapted also to measure air temperature, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and the range of objects in the field of view of the image-forming device.
  • the device is in the form of a projectile, most suitably, such that it can be launched from a conventional mortar, although other forms of projectile, or even free-falling devices which can be launched from aircraft, are envisaged.
  • the device is particularly advantageous for the device to be in the form of a mortar bomb of-conventional form so that it may be interchangeable with standard rounds of mortar ammunition.
  • Such weapons are simple, highly mobile and used by troops in immediate contact with their adversaries.
  • mortars are high-angle, low velocity, weapons which would give the reconnaissance devices relatively high apogees without subjecting them to excessively large initial accelerations.
  • a reconnaissance device embodying the invention consists of a casing 1 the overall shape and size of which is such that the reconnaissance device is interchangeable with a round of conventional mortar ammunition.
  • the casing 1 is in three portions, a nose cone 2, a central main body 3 and a tail assembly 4.
  • the complete assembly is adapted to be launched from a trench mortar in the usual way.
  • Both the nose cone 2 and the tail assembly 4 are arranged to be separated from the main body 3 of the casing 1 at an appropriate moment in the flight of the reconnaissance device.
  • the main body 3 of the casing 1 contains a fuse or other control device arranged to jettison the nose cone 2 and tail assembly 4 when desired; an optical system 6, shown schematically as a lens, and an associated solid-state video camera 7.
  • a telemetry package 8 which includes transponders arranged to provide information as to the range of the device from its launching point, its altitude and possibly its orientation, a radio transmitter 9 and power pack 10.
  • An antenna for the transmitter 9 is incorporated in the cords 11 and canopy 12 of a parachute 13 which is contained in the tail assembly 4 and deployed when the tail assembly 4 is jettisoned, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the optical system 6 is surrounded by a shock-absorbent buffer 14.
  • the optical system 6, camera 7 and telemetry package 8 are all protected against shock, both to enable them to withstand the launch forces and to enable the main body 3 of the reconnaissance device to be recovered and re-used. This is particularly important if it is used in a training role.
  • the command unit 15 is arranged to produce and display an image of the scene observed by the optical system 6 and its associated camera 7, together with range and bearing information derived from the output of the telemetry package 8.
  • a micro-computer contained in the command unit 15 is arranged to compute correction factors to enable the fall of observed live mortar rounds to be ranged onto selected targets. Wind drift may be derived either by telemetry from the reconnaissance device or by measuring the drift of objects in the displayed image of the scene observed by the reconnaissance device.
  • the command unit 15 may contain also a pattern-recognition facility to assist in target recognition.
  • the command module 15 may include also a short duration recorder to enable scenes observed by the reconnaissance device to be reviewed if desired. Also, signals from the telemetry package 8 related to the orientation of the reconnaissance device, particularly if it is being deliberately spun, may be used in the command module 15 to produce a steady image of constant orientation. Also the computer in the command module 15 may be programmed to produce an image on the display of constant size as the height of the reconnaissance device decreases, which may be to the same scale as standard military maps and/or include a scale bar.
  • the reconnaissance device may be stabilised against spinning by means of subsidiary drogues, or by winglets which are deployed at the same time as the parachute 13.
  • the optical system 6 may be mounted with its optic axis at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the reconnaissance device and the reconnaissance device made deliberately to rotate so as to enable a larger area to be viewed.
  • the same effect could be achieved with a stabilised reconnaissance device by incorporating a scanning mirror in the optical system 6.
  • Other optional features which could be included in the optical system 6, are interchargeable lenses of differing focal lengths or a zoom lens operated by signals from the command unit 15.
  • the telemetry package 8 also may include detectors arranged to pick up and relay to the command unit 14 radio signals and/or vehicle ignition emissions.
  • a modified form of the device which can be used for covert reconnaissance does not deplay a parachute or a balloon but uses air brakes which form part of the casing 1 of the reconnaissance device.
EP91301733A 1990-03-10 1991-03-11 Aufklärungsvorrichtung Withdrawn EP0447080A1 (de)

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