Device for counting live shots, blank shots and dry shots
The invention relates to a device for detecting and counting live bullet shots, blank shots and dry-firing actuation of the striker for all types of semi-automatic or automatic weapons, said device being able to discriminate between said three events and comprising: an electronic circuit ( 5 ); a first sensor for detecting a movement of a part ( 2 ) of the weapon preceding a potential live bullet shot or blank shot; and a second sensor ( 6 ) for measuring recoil acceleration when the live bullet shot or blank shot has been fired.
1. A device for detecting and counting live bullet shots, blank shots, and dry-firing actuation of the striker for every type of semiautomatic or automatic weapon, said device being able to discriminate among these three events and comprising:
an electronic circuit,
a first sensor designed to detect a movement of a part of the weapon preceding a potential live bullet shot or a blank shot, and
a second sensor designed to measure a recoil acceleration when the live bullet shot or blank shot has been fired,
wherein the first sensor is designed to detect the movement of a part of the weapon by the variation of a magnetic field in an armature.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is designed to detect the movement of a hammer, a release, or a trigger of a rifle or a pistol.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is designed to detect the movement of a feed lever, a slide, a bolt, a release or a trigger for a machine gun.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is designed to detect the movement of a piston for a rifle or a machine gun.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuit is configured to be awakened or energized when the first sensor detects a movement.
6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the awakening or the energizing of the electronic circuit only occurs if the part of the weapon has a speed of displacement greater than a reference speed.
7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the armature serves as a detector of movement and also as a generator of energy for the energizing of the electronic circuit.
8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is of electromagnetic type comprising a coil integrated in the body of the weapon and a magnet integrated in said part of the weapon and designed to be displaced within the coil.
9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , configured to detect, discriminate, and count a shot, whether a live bullet shot or a blank shot, and a dry-firing actuation of the striker, on the basis of the following criteria:
when the first sensor detects a movement in a single direction of the part of the weapon, a dry-firing actuation of the striker is detected,
when the first sensor detects successive movements in opposite directions of the part of the weapon, a shot is detected,
then, when a shot is detected,
said device is configured to discriminate a live bullet shot from a blank shot on the basis of the following criteria:
when the second sensor measures an acceleration of the weapon in a single direction, a live bullet shot is detected,
when the second sensor measures an acceleration of the weapon in one direction followed by an acceleration in an opposite direction, a blank shot is detected.
10. An automatic or semiautomatic weapon comprising a counting device as claimed in claim 1 .