Gallium Arsenide Injection Laser Diode Quick Kill Weapon Fire Simulator
Abstract
This technical report describes the application of a semiconductor, gallium-arsenide injection laser diode to quick-kill weapon fire simulation. In some combat situations, the ability to fire quickly, without sighting, is a valuable asset to the combat soldier. This quick-kill trainer uses a gallium- arsenide, semiconductor laser diode transmitter system and a receiver mounted on a target to train riflemen for quick-kill firing techniques. However, the described system can be easily applied to pistol and other small arms training. The system consists of inexpensive components. The transmitter is completely contained in a mockup M-16 rifle. A narrow collimated beam of laser pulses in the near-infrared region of the frequency spectrum is emitted by a transistor size laser injection diode in the transmitter. These pulses, which cannot be seen by the human eye, are detected at the target by a receiver and cause a light to flash briefly, indicating, or scoring, the area of the target hit. The generated beam is safe for direct human viewing, providing the laser output energy is not greater than that generated in this application.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0863027
Entities
People
- Albert H. Marshall
- George A. Siragusa