Patent ID: 8459996

Claim:
A system useful for training soldiers in the operation and use a grenade launcher having a body and a barrel for simulated firing of a projectile, which system comprises: a training assembly configured to be rotatably attached to the body of the launcher, comprising: a housing; a variable output laser within the housing to produce a laser beam along a longitudinal axis in the direction of a fired projectile; a shaft configured to connect the housing to the body of the grenade launcher, said shaft having a central axis which is substantially horizontal and transverse to said longitudinal axis; a motor that engages the shaft and is configured to cause the housing to rotate about the shaft axis; at least one sensor disposed on the housing to detect the angular position of the housing about the shaft axis with respect to the grenade launcher, a trigger pull of the grenade launcher, and gravitational direction; and a controller disposed on the housing and operatively connected to the laser, to the at least one sensor, and to the motor; wherein the controller is operative to cause the motor to rotate the housing about the shaft axis such that the laser beam follows the expected flight path of the fired projectile.