Patent ID: 7089845

Claim:
A method for aiming a weapon on a target, the weapon having a weapon barrel with a weapon barrel axis, being adapted to launch a projectile along a trajectory, having a fire control device with a data processing unit, and having a programming unit for programming the projectile, wherein a target image representing the target and a target marker representing the end of a projectile trajectory are displayed with the aid of an image visualization unit having a sighting line, the method comprising the following steps: in a first phase: the weapon is fastened on a mount, and rough aiming of the weapon barrel is performed, wherein deployment data are determined, which define the position of the target in relation to the weapon, and an initial gun sight angle corresponding to the deployment data is set between the weapon barrel axis and the sighting line of the image visualization unit; in a second phase, with the weapon barrel stationary: sighting of the target is performed, the target being sighted by means of the visualization unit, wherein the initial gun sight angle is changed by an angular change, the angular change is measured, data related to the angular change are made available to the data processing unit by means of conductor lines, and further data including the deployment data and including data relating to the projectile to be fired and the projectile interior ballistics are made available to the data processing unit in order to enable the data processing unit to continuously perform a ballistics calculation and to make a signal available describing the position of the target marker to be displayed, the target marker is displayed, and the target image and the target marker are brought into coincidence as closely as possible, and in a third phase: fine aiming of the weapon barrel is performed, and the projectile is programmed by means of the programming unit.