Development Trends of Fire Control Systems for Firearms

doi:10.12382/bgxb.2024.0512

Abstract

Abstract:

The fire control systems for firearms have been gradually listed in the equipment sequence in the military powers. With the development of microelectronics, materials, batteries and other technologies, the firearm fire control systems have been able to meet the actual combat requirements. The characteristics and development of current mainstream firearm fire control systems are briefly introduced, In order to explore the development direction of firearm fire control systems in the future, the future development trends and challenges of firearms fire control systems are summarized and predicted based on the performances of current firearm fire control systems and the current operational requirements for firearm fire control systems. The firearm fire control systems will develop in the direction of further increasing the degrees of modularity and integration, incorporating the intelligent algorithms, and further reducing the system mass. At the same time, they will also face the challenges in terms of system endurance, system impact resistance, and cost.

Key words: firearm, fire control system, sight, development trend

CLC Number:

E922.1

YANG Zhengjiu, ZHU Kaiyu, WANG Chong. Development Trends of Fire Control Systems for Firearms[J]. Acta Armamentarii, 2024, 45(S1): 349-353.

Figures/Tables 5

Fig.1 XM157 fire control system

Table 1 Comparison of parameters of SMASH series sights

型号	质量/g	倍率	对陆地目标距离/m
SMASH 2000	1 185	1	300
SMASH 2000 PLUS	980	1	300
SMASH 3000	740	1	300
SMASH X4	1 250	4	400
SMASH AD	1 390	1	300

Fig.2 SMASH fire control system

Fig.3 Elity fire control system

Fig.4 Relationship diagram of various modules required for future fire control system

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