EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT METHOD OF TARGETS AQUISITION AND TANK COMMANDER SHOOTING Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F41H9/06 

FIELD: weapon and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: in the method by the radar-location reconnaissance station installed on the tank, detect targets on the battle field, determine the type of targets and the range to them, information about the targets is transferred to the collecting, processing and transmitting signals unit, which according to the algorithm included in it determine the order of the targets defeat and the possibility to defeat the first priority target, choose the type of weapon and type of ammunition for its defeat. Information about the reconnaissance objectives, the order of their defeat and the selected type of weapons and the type of ammunition is transferred to the video surveillance device, then the signal is transmitted to the weapon guidance drive, which guides the weapon to the target. Transfer the switch of the ammunition type and the weapon type on the control panel of the fire control system and the automatic loading device to the required position. The weapon and the guidance drive control panel corrects the weapon aiming to the target and the shot, if it is impossible to defeat the primary target from the block, the signal is sent to the smoke grenade launcher system, where the smoke screen is set in front of the priority target.

EFFECT: improvement of the target aquisition efficiency.

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