MISSILE FIRING SIMULATOR WITH THE GUNNER IMMERSED IN A VIRTUAL SPACE

摘要

The invention concerns a missile firing simulator for training gunners firing missiles from their shoulders at a mobile target, comprising at least a firing station (2) provided with means for triggering fictitious shots and means for spatial location (5); an instructor's post (9) comprising a video screen associated with decision means from which an instructor selects a virtual scenario concerning the firing range, the type of missile and the firing conditions; image displaying means comprising a display device (7) displaying life-size virtual images, representing the gunner's line of vision in the scenario selected by the instructor and a micromonitor (3) placed in the firing station and displaying the same images as those of the display device, but magnified according to a predetermined coefficient; and a central processing unit (8) associated with an image generator (10) generating the micromonitor images and the display device images.