THERMAL TARGET SIMULATOR Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F41H3/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used to perform flight development tests of jet projectiles (JP) equipped with cassette payloads (CP) with self-sighting submissiles (SSS), which operate in infrared (IR) ranges, as well as other types of ammunitions equipped with infrared target-seeking heads for simulation of thermal emissions of military objects at dislocation points or in source areas. The essence of the invention consists in the fact that a thermal target simulator includes a fabric cloth and heaters. Fabric cloth is made in the form of a cover and arranged on a demountable frame including two side walls and two end walls. Rear end wall is equipped with a metal shield, and the cover is equipped with a skirt located along the perimeter of the frame; with that, the cover and the skirt are made from fabric material, for example laminated cloth (GOST 7297-90), dyeing shade is dark (GOST 29222-91). Heaters are located inside the frame on supports adjustable as to height in compliance with thermal parameters of the simulated target; the cover is fixed from above on the frame by means of longitudinal clamps. The skirt adjacent to the rear end wall is fixed from below by means of a transverse clamp. Clamps are equipped with elastic fasteners, and the device itself is equipped with a simulator of the outline of the horizontal target projection, which is made in the form of stiff reference points connected with flexible connections.

EFFECT: thermal target simulators made in compliance with the invention provide thermal target image identical to thermal image of the simulated object, quick setup of demountable target fields consisting of a large number of thermal simulators under any climatic conditions and under conditions of failure of considerable volumes of electric power, and their reliable operation.

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