EP0441079A3 - Splittable and reconfigurable episcopic sighting telescope - Google Patents

Splittable and reconfigurable episcopic sighting telescope Download PDF

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EP0441079A3
EP0441079A3 EP19900403680 EP90403680A EP0441079A3 EP 0441079 A3 EP0441079 A3 EP 0441079A3 EP 19900403680 EP19900403680 EP 19900403680 EP 90403680 A EP90403680 A EP 90403680A EP 0441079 A3 EP0441079 A3 EP 0441079A3
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Jean-François Pellarin
Gilles Colin
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/26—Peepholes; Windows; Loopholes
    • F41H5/266—Periscopes for fighting or armoured vehicles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/06—Aiming or laying means with rangefinder
    • F41G3/065—Structural association of sighting-devices with laser telemeters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/22—Aiming or laying means for vehicle-borne armament, e.g. on aircraft

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L'invention a pour objet une lunette épiscopique utilisable pour l'observation et le tir de jour ou de nuit sur un véhicule équipé d'un canon. The subject of the invention is a usable episcopic telescope for observation and shooting day or night on a vehicle equipped with a cannon.

Elle comprend un ensemble de modules interchangeables regroupant les éléments optiques, constitués notamment par un module de tête 1 renfermant un miroir piloté en site, un module réhausse 2, un module 4 de vision jour, un module 5 de vision nuit, un module de télémétrie 6, un boítier électronique associé à un calculateur de tir 8. Elle comprend un module de séparation 3 des voies jour et nuit interposé entre le module réhausse 2, et les modules jour et nuit 4, 5 renfermant des moyens de génération d'un réticule de visée dans les voies jour et nuit. Les moyens de génération d'un réticule de tir comprennent un collimateur de projection de ce réticule et un rhomboèdre pour injecter ce réticule dans les modules jour et nuit. It includes a set of interchangeable modules grouping the optical elements, constituted in particular by a head module 1 containing a site-controlled mirror, a module enhances 2, a module 4 for day vision, a module 5 for vision night, a telemetry module 6, an associated electronic unit to a fire computer 8. It includes a separation module 3 of the day and night channels interposed between the raising module 2, and the day and night modules 4, 5 containing means of generation of a sighting reticle in the day and night tracks. The means for generating a shooting reticle include a projection collimator of this reticle and a rhombohedron for inject this reticle into the day and night modules.

Application aux systèmes d'armes. Application to weapon systems.

EP90403680A 1989-12-20 1990-12-19 Splittable and reconfigurable episcopic sighting telescope Expired - Lifetime EP0441079B1 (en)

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FR8916888 1989-12-20
FR8916888A FR2656079B1 (en) 1989-12-20 1989-12-20 MODULAR AND RECONFIGURABLE EPISCOPIC GLASS.

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