Abstract: A training device for indoor weapon-firing comprises a projector for displaying a sequence of moving images in visible light viewed by at least one firer and comprising a landscape with at least one target to be hit. Provision is made for at least one weapon equipped with a trigger mechanism and for an electronic computer assembly which has the function of controlling the emission of the infrared-radiation beam by means of the trigger mechanism. Another function of the electronic assembly is to stop the motion of projected images under the control of the trigger mechanism in order to interrupt the projection on one arrested visible image. A video camera serves to produce a video image of the arrested image and to selectively detect the trace of the infrared beam on the arrested image and to determine the trace location in its video image. A visible indication of the trace location is inserted electronically in the video image of the arrested image.

Abstract: The simulation device provides training in the firing of rockets or guided missiles by means of a shoulder weapon. As soon as a shot is fired, the firer's field of view is occulted by a shutter. The aim at the instant of firing and the point of impact with respect to the target are displayed on an instructor's video screen. The target can be of a fictitious type generated by a computer and produced within the field of view of both the instructor and the firer at the same time. In the case of a real target, an index can be controlled by the instructor in order to locate the target and follow its progress up to the instant of firing. The result of the firing operation is judged according to the position of the point of impact with respect to the fictitious target or with respect to the index. The choice of the mode of operation is made on a control desk.

Abstract: In a training unit for aiming at fictitious targets as applicable in particular to a firing simulator, provision is made for an optical sighting device in which the line of sight from reticle image to target is orientable at least at the start of a fictitious-firing event. Target signals define successive images of a fictitious target as a function of the shape and continuous relative displacement of the target at least in distance from the training unit and/or in angular position with respect to the line of sight. Each successive target image is formed by means of a luminous point moving on a screen, the successive images thus formed being projected in the field of view of the sighting device.