Direct fire weapon trainer incorporating hit and data delay responses

Claim 1

A weapon fire simulator system for training a marksman to shoot a predetermined weapon accurately at a predetermined target means, comprising in combination: an imitation weapon having a trigger for effecting the simulated firing thereof; means slave connected to said weapon for generating a first voltage that represents the elevation thereof with respct to a horizontal plane; means slave connected to said weapon for generating a second voltage that represents the azimuth thereof with respect to a vertical plane; means effectively connected to said weapon for generating a third voltage that represents the elevation of said weapon with respect to a horizontal plane; a first adjustable delay means having a voltage signal input, a control input, and a voltage signal output, with the voltage signal input thereof connected to the output of said first voltage generating means; a second adjustable delay means having a voltage signal input, a control input, and a voltage signal output, with the voltage signal input thereof connected to the output of said second voltage generating means; a third delay means having an input and an output, with the input thereof connected to the output of said third voltage generating means, and with the output thereof connected to the control inputs of said first and second adjustable delay means; a normally open trigger switch having terminals and being connected to the trigger of said weapon in such manner as to be closed upon the firing thereof; a fourth voltage effectively connected to one of the terminals of said normally open trigger switch; an adjustable delay trigger circuit having a voltage input, a control input, and an output, with the voltage input thereof connected to the other terminal of said normally open trigger switch, and with the control input thereof connected to the output of said third delay means; emitter means spatially disposed from said screen for timely projecting a predetermined radiation beam along a predetermined path; reflective means disposed between the aforesaid screen and said emitter means in the path of the radiation beam projected thereby for effecting the redirection thereof; normally closed shutter means effectively connected to the output of said adjustable delay trigger circuit and physically disposed in the path of the radiation beam projected by the aforesaid emitter means for effecting the passing of said radiation beam toward said reflector means in response to the delayed fourth voltage from said adjustable delay trigger circuit; means effectively connected to the outputs of the aforesaid first and second delay means and to said reflective means for indexing the aforesaid projected radiation beam redirected thereby in response to the aforesaid delayed first voltage representing the elevation of said weapon and in response to the aforesaid delayed second voltage representing the azimuth of said weapon in such manner as to position said projected radiation beam on said display screen as a hit or miss mark thereof in correspondence with the aiming of said weapon when said weapon is effectively fired as a result of the aforesaid trigger switch being closed by the pulling of the trigger thereof.