Acoustic Targeting System for Off-Axis Firing.
Abstract
A new concept for target scoring for small caliber weapon systems has been developed, and a prototype target scoring system was installed at the Ware Simulation Section test ranges, Rock Island, Illinois. This system uses acoustic principles for detecting and target scoring supersonic projectiles. Previously, acoustic systems required that the path of the projectile be perpendicular to the target plane. The prototype system at the Ware Simulation Section uses a new dual-rod concept developed by Accubar Engineering that does not require the path of the projectile to be perpendicular to the target plane. This unit allows accurate target scoring of projectiles fired from a test platform that may be moving in combined yaw-and-pitch motion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108448
Entities
People
- D. E. Fredericks
Organizations
- United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center