Patent ID: 9151572
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F41G,G01S

Abstract:
1. An aiming and alignment system for a shell firing weapon, comprising: a portable aiming unit radially displaced from the weapon, said portable aiming unit including an orientation acquisition device actuating to establish at least an azimuth reference, said portable aiming unit including a first reference head; and a sighting unit mounted to the weapon for aligning the weapon according to an azimuth and an elevation established relative to said portable aiming unit, said sighting unit including a second reference head, said first and second reference heads cooperatively establishing at least one low energy beam therebetween as an angular reference; a sighting processor determining an azimuth of the weapon at said sighting unit based on angular offset from the low energy beam; wherein one of said first and second reference heads includes a plurality of emission points defining an emitter constellation, and the other of said first and second reference heads includes a sensor receiving emissions of the emitter constellation.