RU2662063C1 - Method of artillery formations control with the enemy fire destruction - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the guided weapons and can be used to control the artillery formation combat actions during the preparation and in the course of enemy fire destruction by guided and unguided projectiles. Artillery formations control method in the event of enemy fire engagement includes the enemy facilities coordinates identification and topographical survey by means of technical reconnaissance means, including use of the unmanned aerial vehicles, coordinates transmission to the artillery formation senior officer control panel through the digital radio communication channel, artillery formation guns positions topographical survey, reception and further accounting of the shooting meteorological conditions at the artillery formation senior officer console with the help of portable automated meteorological system. Then, performing the shooting settings calculation for the specified target, sending messages from the artillery formation senior officer console to the gun terminals via the digital radio communication channels, shooting settings display on the gun terminal screen of each gun and their implementation on the gun and projectile. At that, data from the technical reconnaissance means are coming directly to the senior officer's console, bypassing the artillery formation commander's console. Then via the digital radio channel the artillery formation senior officer transmits a message to the gun terminals, which contains only the target data and the shooting parameters. Shooting settings calculation takes place at the guns terminals. With this message arrival at the gun terminals, response message is generated about the fact of the shooting settings calculation and its transmission to the artillery formation senior officer. For the guns positions more accurate topographic survey on the artillery formation senior officer console the high resolution base continuous coverage is used.

EFFECT: increase in the artillery formation coordinates survey accuracy, reduction in the shooting settings calculation time, which in general will lead to reduction in the cycle from the moment of the enemy object detection to the moment of opening the fire and increase in the artillery units firing combat effectiveness.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of control and regulation, and more specifically to guided weapons.

The invention is intended to control the combat operations of an artillery formation during the preparation and during the engagement of the enemy with guided and unguided shells.

A known method of controlling guns in the unit when shooting [Patent RU No. 2439464 from 01/10/2012, IPC F41G 5/00], which consists in the following. The message with the firing settings is formed in the form of a single message, which contains the numbers of the guns to which the units are intended, and the firing settings for these guns. A message with the firing settings is transmitted in the form of a broadcast message to all the weapons of the unit at once using a digital radio channel.

The disadvantages of this method include the lack of the ability to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an automated weather set (AMC), as well as the inability to determine the deviations of the center of the discontinuity groups from the center of the target and, as a result, the impossibility of correcting fire.

A known method of controlling weapon systems of artillery units during firing [Patent RU No. 2539707 C1 of 01/27/2015, IPC F41G 5/00], selected for the prototype, the essence of which is as follows. The firing position (OP) of the artillery formation is located at a great distance from the line of contact with the enemy. A command and control point (KNI) of an artillery formation with a complex of automation equipment including a commander’s control panel (PUK) of a battery, a laser target designator, range finder (LCD), satellite navigation equipment (ASN) and a digital radio station (TsRS) is being deployed near the contact line. The outputs of the LCD, ASN and the central control center through the connectors are connected to the control room, and the interaction between the control room and the ground control station (NPU) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is carried out via a digital radio communication channel. Near the firing position of the artillery formation, a fire control center (ASW) is deployed with a set of automation tools, including the control panel of the senior officer (ASW) of the artillery formation, to which the ASN, TsRS, and also the automated weather set (AMK) are connected through connectors. The coordinates of the guns of the artillery formation are entered into the PUSO from the ASN, the shooting conditions are entered from the AMK, and the ballistic shooting conditions and the main direction of shooting are entered from the keyboard. On KNP artillery formation using LCD, or using UAVs determine the coordinates of the target, which are then transmitted to the PUK, displayed on the PUK screen and transmitted to the PUPS via a digital radio channel. In the PUSO, using the coordinates of the targets received by radio, the measured coordinates of the guns, determined using the AMC meteorological conditions of firing, entered from the keyboard of the ballistic firing conditions, the firing settings for the guns and the flight mission data for the shells are calculated. The calculated firing settings and flight mission data are transmitted over the air to the gun terminals (OT) of each gun, where they are displayed on the OT screen and are implemented on the gun and projectile. A shot is being fired. In the future, using the LCD or UAV, the deviations of the center of the discontinuity group from the center of the target are determined at the KNP, these data are transmitted to the EMP via a digital radio channel. In PUSO, the corrections in the firing setup are calculated and transmitted over the radio channel to the OT of each gun. The resulting corrections are used on guns for further shooting.

The disadvantage of the prototype is that the calculation of the firing settings and the data of the flight mission are calculated on the EMP of the artillery formation sequentially for all guns, which increases the calculation time by N times, where N is the number of guns in the artillery formation.

Also a disadvantage is that the prototype does not provide for the possibility of:

- transmitting information on target from the ground control unit of the UAV directly to the artillery launcher, bypassing the launcher;

- the use of a basic continuous coating of high resolution (BSP-BP) for a more accurate determination of the coordinates of the guns.

The objective of the invention is:

- reduction of the calculation time of firing installations, which as a whole will lead to a reduction in the cycle from the moment of detection of an enemy object to the moment of opening fire by artillery units;

- improving the accuracy of binding coordinates of guns.

To achieve the objectives of this task, in the known method of controlling weapon systems of artillery units during firing, the coordinates of enemy targets are determined and topographically referenced using reconnaissance equipment, including the use of UAVs, coordinates are transferred to the control panel of a senior artillery formation officer via a digital radio communication channel, and topographic positioning is performed guns of artillery formation, obtaining and further accounting of meteorological conditions for firing at remote control of the senior artillery officer with the help of the AMC, calculation of the firing settings for the specified purpose, transmission of messages from the remote of the senior officer of the artillery formation to the gun terminals via digital radio channels, display of the firing setups on the gun terminal screen of each gun and their implementation on the gun and shell.

What is new is that the coordinates of the target from reconnaissance equipment go directly to the control panel of the senior officer through a digital radio channel, bypassing the console of the commander of the artillery formation. After receiving the coordinates of the target, the senior officer of the artillery formation sends a message to the gun terminals via a digital radio communication channel that contains only data on the target and characteristics of firing. Calculation of the firing settings is made at the gun terminals upon receipt of this message, also at the gun terminals, a response message is generated about the fact of the calculation of the firing settings and its transfer to the senior officer.

Thus, if in the prototype the time from the moment of detection of the target to the moment of opening fire by an artillery formation (the time of preparation of an artillery formation for opening fire) is:

T = T transmission 1 + T calculation * N + T transmission + ΔT,

where T is the time of preparation of the artillery formation for the opening of fire, s;

T transfer 1 - the time of transmission of the message from the commander of the artillery formation to the senior officer, s;

T calculation - the calculation time of the firing settings for one gun, s;

N is the number of guns in the artillery formation;

T transmission - the time the message was sent from the senior officer of the artillery formation to the gun terminals, s;

ΔT is the transmission time of the response message from the gun terminal to the senior officer of the artillery formation, s,

then in the proposed method, the preparation time of the artillery formation for the opening of fire will be (Fig. 4):

T = T transmission + T calculation + ΔT.

Also, to coordinate the coordinates of the guns on the control panel of a senior officer of the artillery formation, the possibility of using BSP-BP is provided. When determining coordinates using only ASN and a compass or LCD, the error is 10 m. In the case of linking the position of the guns to the reference points of the terrain using BSP-BP, the error in determining the coordinates is reduced to 2.5 m.

The implementation of the proposed method is illustrated by graphic materials that contribute to its better understanding.

In FIG. 1 shows a control circuit of artillery units before using the proposed invention.

In FIG. 2 presents a control diagram of artillery units using the invention.

In FIG. 3 is a time chart of preparation of an artillery formation for firing before using the present invention.

In FIG. 4 is a time chart of preparation of an artillery formation for firing using the present invention.

The management of artillery formations during the preparation and during the fire destruction of the enemy with guided and unguided shells by the proposed method is as follows.

The firing position of the artillery formation is located at a great distance from the line of contact with the enemy. Near the firing position of the artillery formation, a fire control center is deployed with a set of automation tools, including the control panel of a senior artillery formation officer, to which the ASN, TsRS, AMK are connected via connectors (Fig. 2), and the interaction of the ASW with the ground control station of the UAV is carried out via a digital channel radio communications. At the PUSO, the coordinates of the guns are topographically referenced using ASN and BSP-BP, the shooting conditions are entered from the AMC, and the ballistic shooting conditions and the main shooting direction are entered from the keyboard. With the help of the UAV, the coordinates of the target are determined, which are then transmitted to the EMPS via a digital radio channel. In PUSO form a message containing data on the received target and characteristics of firing, and transmit via digital radio channel to the gun terminals of each gun. At each gun terminal, the firing settings for a particular gun are calculated, a response message is generated about the fact of calculating the firing settings and transferred to the senior officer of the artillery formation. The calculated firing settings are displayed on the OT screen and are implemented on the gun and projectile. A shot is being fired. Subsequently, with the help of the UAV, the deviations of the center of the discontinuity group from the center of the target are determined, this data is transmitted via the PUS to the OT via a digital radio channel, where corrections are calculated in the firing setup of each gun. The resulting corrections are used on guns for further shooting.

The use of the present invention will increase the accuracy of the coordinates of the guns of the artillery formation and will reduce the time from the moment of detection of an enemy object to the moment of opening fire, which will generally increase the combat effectiveness of firing by artillery complexes.

The proposed method of commanding artillery units was tested on a comprehensive modeling facility of the enterprise, as well as as part of a military-technical experiment. The obtained results confirmed the effectiveness of this method and showed a reduction in the time required to prepare an artillery formation for firing by 30% compared with the prototype.

Claims (7)

1. A method of controlling artillery formations in enemy fire engagement, including determining and topographic binding of the coordinates of enemy targets using reconnaissance equipment, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, transferring coordinates to the control panel of a senior artillery formation officer via a digital radio channel, and topographic binding of the positions of artillery guns formation, receipt and further accounting of meteorological conditions for firing on the remote control an artillery formation ficer using a portable automated meteorological set, calculation of firing settings for a specified target, sending messages from the senior artillery formation officer remote to gun terminals via digital radio channels, displaying firing settings on the gun terminal screen of each gun and implementing them on the gun and projectile by the fact that data from reconnaissance equipment comes directly to the console of the senior officer, bypassing the console of the artillery commander After receiving the data, the senior officer of the artillery formation sends a message to the gun terminals via the digital radio communication channel that contains only data on the target and characteristics of firing, and the calculation of firing settings occurs on the gun terminals when this message arrives, also on the gun terminals formation of a response message on the fact of calculating the shooting installations and transferring it to the senior officer of the artillery formation during the time T = T transmission + T calculation + ΔT, where T is the time of preparation of the artillery formation for the opening of fire, s; T transmission - the time the message was sent from the senior officer of the artillery formation to the gun terminals, s; T calculation - the calculation time of the firing settings on the gun terminal, s; ΔT is the transmission time of the response message, s. 2. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that for a more accurate topographic reference of the positions of the guns on the remote control of a senior officer of the artillery formation, a base continuous high-resolution coating is used.

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