Determination and passing on of a target direction for tanks

• US 4,543,727 A
• Filed: 04/05/1983
• Issued: 10/01/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IBP Pietzsch GmbH
• Original Assignee: IBP Pietzsch GmbH
• Inventors: Lippold, Heinrich, Wecker, Dietmar
• Primary Examiner(s): Haroian, Harry N.
• Application Number:
  US06/482,062
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: 33/277, 33/227, 33/228
• US Class Current: 33/228
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/22 for vehicle-borne armament, e.g. on aircraft

Abstract

In a method of determining the direction of a target by means of an optical square and passing on this direction to a magnifying sight for warfare tanks the exit window (4) of the optical square is provided with a vertical line of sight (8) and the entry window (1) with a sight aid (11). Marked areas (5, 10) in the exit window (4) have the effect that upon adjustment of the sight to the direction defined by the sight aid (11), the marked area positively will lie within the field of view of the magnifying sight.

Claims

1. A method of using an optical square to position a selected target in the field of view of a magnifying sight comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a magnifying sight having a predetermined magnification;

(b) providing an optical square having in an exit window thereof a vertical line as a sighting aid and having in an entry window thereof at least one selectively positionable indicator field of view related to the predetermined magnification of the magnifying sight;

(c) visually aligning the vertical line of the optical square on the line of sight between a selected target and the selectively positionable field of view indicator of the optical square by positioning the field of view indicator;

(d) providing a control signal in response to the position of the field of view indicator; and

(e) positioning the magnifying sight responsively to the control signal so that the field of view of the magnifying sight will encompass the field of view indicated by the field of view indicator of the optical square.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the magnification of the magnifying sight is selectively variable between two values;

wherein the field of view indicator of the optical square is selectively modified to indicate two different fields of view; and

including the further step of selectively modifying the field of view indicator in the entry window of the optical square to conform to the selected value of magnification of the magnifying sight.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the field of view indicator of the optical square includes field of view indications related to two different values of magnification of the magnifying sight;

and

wherein the value of magnification of the magnifying sight is selectively varied between two discrete values.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein sensing of the position of the field of view indicator is continuous;

and

wherein the positioning of the magnifying sight is automatically responsive to the control signal.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the positioning of the magnifying sight is selectively responsive to the control signal.