Abstract: Method and firing simulator for practicing aiming with the use of a laser firing simulator and of a retroreflector on the target side, as well as a simulator for carrying out this method. On triggering of the simulated firing, the target distance, the velocity of the target relative to the line of sight and the aiming-off allowance are measured, and the position of the hit is computed therefrom after the elapse of the projectile flight time.

Abstract: A device for evaluating the sighting of a target by a sighting unit along its line-of-sight during shooting simulation of a sight-controlled missile is disclosed. A laser transmitter/receiver unit is coupled to the sighting unit with independent movement therewith in at least one direction. The transmitter/receiver generates a reference light beam having a direction parallel to the transmitting direction of the transmitted laser beam. The reference beam is focused into the sighting unit and onto an angle measuring means which measures the angle between the radiation received from a missile and the line-of-sight of the sighting unit. The angle measuring means generates misalignment signals representing the angle deviation between the reference beam and the line-of-sight. These signals are then processed by a processing unit to evaluate the sighting of the target by the sighting unit.