RU194887U1 - Combat vehicle fire control system - Google Patents

Abstract

Famous fire control systems for combat vehicles include a gunner’s control panel, gunner’s rangefinder sight, gun loading automatic machine with mechanized warhead, and gun guidance and stabilization system. Their disadvantage is the long time spent by the gunner to prepare weapons for firing in cases where there is no automatic loading device of the type of ammunition selected by the gunner in a mechanized combat pack. The aim of the proposed fire control system for combat vehicles is to reduce the duration of the preparation of the gun for firing in cases where there is no automatic loading device selected by the gunner in a mechanized combat pack. Achieving this goal is ensured by the inclusion in the fire control system of the fighting vehicle of the control unit for the selection of ammunition, one input of which receives a command from the gunner to load the guns with the selected type of ammunition, the second input receives information about the presence of various types of ammunition loading automatic machine in the mechanized ammunition, and the output is connected with automatic loading guns. When preparing for firing at a target in cases where there is no automatic loading device of the type of ammunition selected by the gunner in the mechanized ammunition, the munition selection control unit automatically selects another type of ammunition and gives a command to load the gun, thereby reducing the duration of the preparation of the gun for firing. 2 ill.

Description

The utility model is intended to reduce the time of preparation of a shot by a gunner of a combat vehicle (tank) in cases where there is no automatic loading device selected by the gunner in a mechanized combat pack.

Known fire control systems for combat vehicles, for example, the T-72A tank, FIG. 1, where: 1 - gunner control panel; 2 - gunner’s rangefinder sight; 3 - automatic loading guns with mechanized warhead; 4 - gun guidance and stabilization system; 5 - gun. Preparing for target shooting with the existing fire control system is as follows. Upon detection of the target, the gunner selects the type of ammunition for hitting the target and, using the control panel (1), turns on the automatic loader (3), directs the aiming mark of the rangefinder sight (2) at the target and measures the distance to it. At the same time, the guns (5) are loaded with the type of ammunition selected by the gunner. After the loading of the gun is completed, a light signal appears on the sight of the rangefinder sight (2) to complete the loading of the gun. The gunner with the help of the rangefinder sight (2) and the gun guidance and stabilization system directs the aiming mark and the gun (5) at the target and fires a shot.

The disadvantage of the existing fire control system is the long time spent by the gunner on preparing weapons for firing, in cases where the mechanized ammunition is not equipped with an automatic loader of the type of ammunition selected by the gunner. In this case, the loading of the gun can be carried out only after the gunner selects a different type of ammunition. This will happen only after the gunner understands the fact that the mechanized combat unit does not have the selected type of ammunition due to the absence in the field of view of the sight-rangefinder of the light signal about the completion of the loading of the gun. The specified process can be lengthy - up to 20 seconds or more.

The purpose of this utility model is to reduce the duration of the preparation of the guns of a combat vehicle for firing in cases where there is no automatic loading device selected by the gunner in a mechanized combat pack for the type of ammunition. This goal is achieved by the inclusion in the fire control system of a combat vehicle of an ammunition control unit. A command from the gunner to load the guns with the selected type of ammunition is received at one input of the unit, information about the availability of various types of ammunition loading automatic machines in the mechanized combat stack is received at the second input, and the output is connected to the gun loading automatic machine.

Preparation for firing at a target with an existing fire control system is as follows, FIG. 2, where: 1 - gunner control panel; 2 - gunner’s rangefinder sight; 3 - automatic loading guns with mechanized warhead; 4 - gun guidance and stabilization system; 5 - gun, 6 - ammunition selection control unit. Upon detection of a target, the gunner selects the type of ammunition for hitting the target and, using the control panel (1), sends a command to the automatic loader (3) through the control unit for selecting ammunition (6). If there is a loader of the type of ammunition selected by the gunner in a mechanized ammunition depot, the gun is loaded and the firing preparation process proceeds in the same way as in the existing fire control system. If in the mechanized ammunition depot of the automatic loader, the type of ammunition selected by the gunner is missing, then the munition selection control unit (6) automatically selects another type of ammunition and gives a command to load the gun based on, for example, the following priority system:

for armor-piercing projectile - cumulative, high-explosive fragmentation;

for a cumulative projectile - armor-piercing-subcaliber projectile, high-explosive fragmentation;

for a high-explosive fragmentation projectile - cumulative, armor-piercing-subcaliber.

After the loading of the gun (5) with the ammunition assigned by the munition selection control unit (6), a light signal appears on the gun’s charge in the field of view of the rangefinder sight (2). The gunner with the help of the rangefinder sight (2) and the gun guidance and stabilization system directs the aiming mark and the gun (5) at the target and fires a shot.

The technical solution of the proposed utility model is the inclusion of an ammunition selection control unit in the fire control system.

The technical result of the proposed utility model is the possibility of reducing the duration of the preparation of the gun for firing by the gunner in cases where the mechanized ammunition is not equipped with an automatic loader of the type of ammunition selected by the gunner.

Literature:

1. Tank T-72A. Technical description and instruction manual. Book Two, Ch-I. - M: Military Publishing, 1988 - 512.

Claims (1)

The fire control system of a combat vehicle, characterized in that it contains a structurally-controlled munition selection control unit, on one input of which, using the control panel, a command is sent from the gunner to load the guns with the selected type of munition, information on the presence of a loading automatic machine in the mechanized ammunition is received at the second input ammunition of various types, and the output is connected to a gun automatic loader.

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