CONTROL OVER SHIP WEAPONS COMPLEX Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B63G1/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method consists in measurement of track velocity, ship course and roll angles, guidance platform angles and angular velocities. It comprises the distance between lift-and-turn guidance platforms and weapons in course, altitude, range to target and capture plane. Said magnitudes are computer inputs to refine control beam angular position. Said beam is misaligned with aiming line at missile start and aligned with refined position for missile unguided flight. After missile capture, control beam is returned to position aligned with aiming line. Ship weapons complex comprises guided missiles with control units and gun, target automatic tracker, data display, roll parameter transducer, control unit, computer and lift-and-turn guidance platform. Said guided missiles with control units and gun are mounted at lift-and-turn platform with drive. Said lift-and-turn platform is mounted at ship mast and comprises drives and azimuth and elevation angle transducers, TV thermal imager, laser beam unit and radiation receiver. Radiation receiver is electrically connected with control unit input and optically with laser beam unit output.

EFFECT: higher fire efficiency, reduced ammunition expenditure.