Evaluation of Sighting Devices for a Small Hand-Held Rocket Launcher

Abstract

This study investigated the degree of difference in accuracy due to aiming error between three types of experimental sighting devices: An iron sight with a twenty inch sight radius utilizing a plexiglass plate upon which a reticle was etched for the front post (Sight "A"), a unity-power optic using singlet lenses (Sight "B"), and a unity-power optic using doublet lenses (Sight "C"). Twenty-eight Infantry men from Fort Dix, New Jersey were used as subjects. Greater accuracy will be attained with Sight "C" than Sight "B", and Sight "B" will yield better performance than Sight "A". Determinants of qualitative disparity between the sights, and possible effects of low illumination sighting are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0227127

Entities

People

  • David E. Holzen
  • Harold T. Curran Jr.
  • Robert Karsh
  • Robert T. Gschwind

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Army
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Guided Missiles
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Illumination
  • Infantry
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Range Finding
  • Rocket Launchers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.