Niall B. McNelis - Baltimore MD Richard W. Doyle - Fallston MD Dale A. Clark - Parkton MD Larry A. Zeafla - Baltimore MD Thomas P. McGrath - Lutherville MD
Assignee:
AAI Corporation - Hunt Valley MD
International Classification:
F41G 326
US Classification:
434 20
Abstract:
A training apparatus, method and kit for remotely and substantially instantaneously evaluating the alignment, settings and levels of the aiming devices of a howitzer gun. The apparatus includes a video camera for manually removably attaching to the pantel and receiving the sight picture in the pantel or displaying a sight picture in a pantel eyepiece, a pantel deflection setting encoder for manually removably attaching to a pantel deflection setting device and encoding signals responsive to the pantel deflection setting, a pantel level encoder for manually removably attaching to the pantel and encoding signals responsive to the pantel level, a quadrant setting encoder for manually removably attaching to the quadrant setting device and encoding a signal responsive to the quadrant setting, a quadrant level encoder for manually removably attaching to the quadrant and encoding signals responsive to a quadrant level, and a data processing computer for receiving and analyzing the sight picture, or displaying or controlling a synthetic sight picture in a pantel eyepiece, for receiving the signals and for evaluation of the alignment, settings and levels.