Radar based automatic target system

A virtual target radar system for small arms fire training

“…As the round passes through the frame one or more of the light beams is cut and the position of the passing round is recorded. These can be expensive, do not cope well with changes in ambient light levels and are prone to damage from stray shots or debris kicked up by the fall of the shot beyond the target [2] [3]. A low-cost solution has been sought which would overcome the problems of existing systems, operate in all conditions (indoors and outside) for all bullet velocities and yet yield an accuracy of about 4mm which is approximately half the calibre of a standard NATO round of 7.62mm as a design goal.…”

“…A prototype system has been designed initially under a knowledge transfer partnership (a UK government initiative to support a UK industrial partner in a project which requires the expertise and collaboration of a UK university); the concept was originally reported in [2]. More recently, the system has been further developed into a working prototype virtual targeting radar (VTR).…”