AN OUT DOOR SIMULATOR FOR TRAINING IN LISSILE LAUNCHING AND GUIDANCE

摘要

An Outdoor Simulator is conceived, designed and developed for training a Pilot in Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) such as Milan in launching and guidance. The system consists of a Launcher with Optical Device, Telescope with Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Camera, Guidance Electronic Unit (GEU) Box, Dummy Missile, Trigger Mechanism, Ramp Adapter, Missile Trace Flare (MTF), Headphone Set, Computer Unit having a specially developed software package, Auxiliary Display Unit (ADU), Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) and a Printer (the last two items are optional). The targets can be of real life size moving targets such as Jeep, Tank or Truck with a marked cloth on target board attached to it. Pilot can survey the area through the Optical Device to identify the target, aim at it, cocks the Trigger, press it to fire the Missile and track it thereafter till the end of the flight time, which depends on the Target Range set. At the same time, the pilot can see through Optical Device, a simulated MTF (equivalent to a flare emitted from the rear side of the actual missile), Launcher Dip and Smoke obscuration effects, while the missile is in flight. Pilot can also hear simulated battlefield, Missile launch and Warhead explosion sounds in the Headphone Set. The Telescope with CCD camera, mounted on the Optical Device, can capture and transfer the acquired images as analog video signal output to the Computer for processing storing. Once the drill is completed, the Instructor takes the help of the Computer for analysis on the stored data, evaluation of the pilot's performance and delivering the results instantly in the form of graphs and tables - either on the Computer Monitor or through printouts from a Printer attached to the Computer System.