Gunnery training apparatus

Claim 1

A fully recorded image gunnery training system comprising: a fire control unit located at a trainee location and including: an aiming sight; an aiming controller operative to control the orientation of an actual or simulated gun; and a trigger; a display viewable through said aiming sight and providing a field of view of a simulated target through said aiming sight corresponding to the actual view of an actual target through the aiming sight of an actual gun; means for sensing the orientation of said gun produced by operation of said aiming controller by a trainee; means for determining the trajectory of a simulated projectile relative to said simulated target in accordance with the orientation produced by operation of said aiming controller by said trainee; means to store a plurality of video records of actual recorded projectile firings said storing means including a video disc library having video records each of about 3-8 seconds duration and including the continuous dynamic effects in the trajectory as would be seen from the location of said actual gun with projectile impact and accompanying sounds for various orientations of said actual gun relative to said actual target corresponding to said simulated target shown on said display means for accessing said video disc library to display said video to the user; and means responsive to operation of said trigger and to an output from said determining means for selecting a video record from said library and displaying it on said display in a time relationship to trigger actuation by the trainee which corresponds generally to the time relationship between trigger actuation and the displayed events in actual firing.