ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SHOOTING FROM AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE WITH A COLLIMATOR AND MECHANICAL SIGHTS

• Anatolii Hurnovych

  Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Volodymyr Senatorov

  Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Maxym Saienko

  Limited Liability Company "UKROP"

The article analyzes the features of aiming processes using mechanical aiming devices and collimator aiming devices. Their disadvantages and advantages are revealed. Mechanical and collimator aiming devices are compared in terms of aiming accuracy and aiming time.

Indicators of the effectiveness of aiming devices are partial and do not describe the degree of their influence on the effectiveness of shooting combat small arms. In order to assess the direct impact of aiming processes on the combat effectiveness of small arms, field tests were conducted, the essence of which was shooting at targets from automatic rifles using mechanical aiming devices and collimator aiming devices. During the shooting, the number of hit targets and the time for shooting were recorded. Based on the recorded results of experimental studies for automatic rifles, the value of the shooting efficiency indicator «combat rate of fire» was determined − the number of shots (that hit the targets) that can be fired per unit of time (1 minute) with the exact execution of shooting techniques and rules, taking into account the time required for charging weapons, aiming, adjusting and transferring fire from one target to another, as well as reloading weapons. The specified indicator is nothing more than the density a stream of deadly shots, which is used to simulate the battle based on the dynamics of the averages.

On the basis of practically obtained results regarding the density a stream of deadly shots, a mathematical simulation of a counter-fight between two groups was performed, one of which used mechanical aiming devices on weapons and the other used collimator aiming devices. According to the simulation results, an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of collimator aiming devices was made based on the indicators of the loss of fire units during the battle or the need to increase the number of groups to compensate for the effectiveness of the use of collimator aiming devices.

1. Anatolii Hurnovych, Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

   Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

2. Volodymyr Senatorov, Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

   Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

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