Elevatable observation and target system for combat vehicles

US4742390A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KraussMaffei GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Erwin Francke · Puchheim, DE
• Heinrich Adler · Buchloe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 1985
• Grant date: May 3, 1988
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41G3/165
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An elevatable observation and target for combat vehicles increases safety and the reaction velocity by a stabilized vision line camera, that is remotely controlled from the combat compartment with an adjustable focal width prepared on an elevatable platform, with the camera comprising angle indicators for the generation of the prevailing sight line coordinates and the platform being capable of following the sight line of the panoramic camera as a function of the angle indicator signals.