TSAMTO, December 28. The universal integrated simulator "Cone" of anti-aircraft gunners of the Igla MANPADS entered service with the motorized rifle unit of the combined arms army of the Air Defense Forces stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The simulator is designed to train anti-aircraft gunners in the initial shooting skills without conducting practical launches.
The new simulator includes a set of equipment, including a combat shooting simulator with the appropriate software, a screen complex, a computer complex, an instructor's workplace, etc.
The simulator provides detection, determination of the type, evaluation of the heading parameter, altitude and flight speed of the simulated target, assessment of the boundaries of the launch zones on the oncoming and catch-up flight courses of the target, performing operations when detecting, capturing and tracking the target, launching missiles in manual or automatic modes.
In addition, the software of the "Cone" allows you to set various shooting conditions in the absence or presence of maneuver targets, false thermal targets, modulated interference, background interference (sun, clouds), movable base (car, tank, armored personnel carrier, ship).
In addition to training in shooting using a simulator, within the framework of a modular training system in the classroom of the training corps of the motorized rifle unit, where the simulator is mounted, trainings are conducted with the participation of experienced anti-aircraft gunners in order to maintain and improve the acquired skills, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.
