EP0872699A3 - Weapon system - Google Patents
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- EP0872699A3 EP0872699A3 EP98103539A EP98103539A EP0872699A3 EP 0872699 A3 EP0872699 A3 EP 0872699A3 EP 98103539 A EP98103539 A EP 98103539A EP 98103539 A EP98103539 A EP 98103539A EP 0872699 A3 EP0872699 A3 EP 0872699A3
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- ammunition
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B35/00—Testing or checking of ammunition
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
- F41G3/04—Aiming or laying means for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
- F41G3/08—Aiming or laying means with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere
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- Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
- Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
Abstract
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Waffensystem mit einer Waffe (1), einer Richtanlage (2) und einer mit der Waffe verschießbaren Munitionseinheit (4).The invention relates to a weapon system with a weapon (1), a straightening system (2) and one that can be fired with the weapon Ammunition unit (4).
Um sowohl unterschiedliche Munitionsarten als auch bei unterschiedlichen Losen der gleichen Munitionsart eine hohe Erst-Treffer-Wahrscheinlichkeit der zu verschießenden Munition auf einfache Weise zu ermöglichen, schlägt die Erfindung vor, das herkömmliche mittels Feuerleitrechner gesteuerte Waffensystem durch das Systemzusammenspiel eines Munitions- und Gerätegesteuerten Waffensystems zu ersetzen. Dieses wird dadurch erreicht, daß an oder in der jeweiligen Munitionseinheit (4) ein erster Mikrocontroller (6) mit einem Datenspeicher (19) zur Speicherung und Vorverarbeitung der munitionsspezifischen Daten vorgesehen ist. Im geladenen Zustand der Waffe (1) findet dann ein Datenaustausch zwischen dem ersten Mikrocontroller (6) und der externen Richtanlage (2) sowie zwischen dem Mikrocontroller (6) und den für die ziel- und waffenspezifischen Daten vorgesehenen Dateneingabeeinrichtungen (8,9,12, 13) statt, so daß der Mikrocontroller (6) der jeweiligen Munitionseinheit (4) die Funktion der herkömmlichen Feuerleitanlage übernimmt. Gegebenenfalls kann zwischen dem ersten Mikrocontroller (6) und den externen Baueinheiten (8,9,12,13) ein zweiter in bezug auf die Munitionseinheit externer Mikrocontroller (6') geschaltet werden. In order to enable both different types of ammunition and different lots of the same type of ammunition to have a high first-hit probability of the ammunition to be fired in a simple manner, the invention proposes that the conventional weapon system controlled by the fire control computer be operated by the system interplay of an ammunition and device-controlled weapon system replace. This is achieved in that a first microcontroller (6) with a data memory (19) for storing and preprocessing the ammunition-specific data is provided on or in the respective ammunition unit (4). When the weapon (1) is loaded, there is then a data exchange between the first microcontroller (6) and the external straightening system (2) and between the microcontroller (6) and the data input devices (8, 9, 12) provided for the target and weapon-specific data , 13) instead, so that the microcontroller (6) of the respective ammunition unit (4) takes over the function of the conventional fire control system. If necessary, a second microcontroller (6 ') can be connected between the first microcontroller (6) and the external components (8,9,12,13) with respect to the ammunition unit.
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EP01115426A EP1150089B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1998-02-28 | Weapon system |
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DE19716227 | 1997-04-18 | ||
DE19716227A DE19716227C2 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 | Weapon system with an ammunition unit containing a microcontroller |
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EP01115426A Division EP1150089B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1998-02-28 | Weapon system |
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EP0872699A2 EP0872699A2 (en) | 1998-10-21 |
EP0872699A3 true EP0872699A3 (en) | 1999-01-07 |
EP0872699B1 EP0872699B1 (en) | 2002-04-10 |
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EP98103539A Expired - Lifetime EP0872699B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1998-02-28 | Weapon system |
EP01115426A Expired - Lifetime EP1150089B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1998-02-28 | Weapon system |
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EP01115426A Expired - Lifetime EP1150089B1 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1998-02-28 | Weapon system |
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US (1) | US6085629A (en) |
EP (2) | EP0872699B1 (en) |
DE (3) | DE19716227C2 (en) |
ES (2) | ES2184722T3 (en) |
IL (1) | IL123683A (en) |
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- 1997-04-18 DE DE19716227A patent/DE19716227C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1998-02-28 DE DE59803688T patent/DE59803688D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-02-28 EP EP98103539A patent/EP0872699B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-02-28 DE DE59806476T patent/DE59806476D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-02-28 EP EP01115426A patent/EP1150089B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-02-28 ES ES01115426T patent/ES2184722T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-02-28 ES ES98103539T patent/ES2173519T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-03-16 IL IL12368398A patent/IL123683A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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US4528891A (en) * | 1981-10-14 | 1985-07-16 | Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale | Firing control system for a direct firing weapon mounted on a rotary-wing aircraft |
US4750424A (en) * | 1986-03-06 | 1988-06-14 | Honeywell Regelsysteme Gmbh | Running time display for a projectile time fuze |
US4711152A (en) * | 1986-10-30 | 1987-12-08 | Aerojet-General Corporation | Apparatus for transmititng data to a projectile positioned within a gun tube |
DE4137819A1 (en) * | 1991-11-16 | 1993-05-19 | Wegmann & Co Gmbh | Data carrier e.g. ROM or RAM memory for identifying munitions - contains manually and=or automatically written and read data carriers at defined positions on munitions |
DE4218118A1 (en) * | 1992-06-02 | 1993-12-09 | Heller Wolfgang Dipl Holzw | Adjustable telescopic sight - brings target point adjustment dependent on distance into accordance with adjustment dependent on ballistics |
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DE19716227C2 (en) | 2000-10-05 |
DE19716227A1 (en) | 1998-10-22 |
IL123683A0 (en) | 1998-10-30 |
IL123683A (en) | 2001-05-20 |
EP1150089B1 (en) | 2002-11-27 |
US6085629A (en) | 2000-07-11 |
EP1150089A2 (en) | 2001-10-31 |
DE59803688D1 (en) | 2002-05-16 |
DE59806476D1 (en) | 2003-01-09 |
EP0872699A2 (en) | 1998-10-21 |
ES2173519T3 (en) | 2002-10-16 |
ES2184722T3 (en) | 2003-04-16 |
EP0872699B1 (en) | 2002-04-10 |
EP1150089A3 (en) | 2002-01-02 |
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