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A method and an apparatus for flight path correction of one or more projectiles (2-6) with the aid of a guide beam (9), wherein target data, such as speed, range and direction of movement, are continuously acquired in a fire-guidance system associated with the firing device (1), for example, an auto

A method and an apparatus for flight path correction of one or more projectiles (2-6) with the aid of a guide beam (9), wherein target data, such as speed, range and direction of movement, are continuously acquired in a fire-guidance system associated with the firing device (1), for example, an automatic cannon, and are transmitted to the laser apparatus (21) that produces the guide beam (9), and wherein each projectile includes a receiving apparatus (31) which receives the guide beam (9). To be able to correct, in a simple manner with a pulse correction, both individual projectiles as well as a plurality of projectiles flying closely behind one another in time and having different courses, the guide beam (9) is aimed toward the collision point (15) calculated on the basis of the target data, and the guide beam (9) is subdivided into a plurality, at least five, partial beams (guide beam segments 10-14) including a central guide beam segment (10) which is aimed at the collision point (15) and around which the remaining partial beams or beam segments are disposed. The guide beam segments (10-14) are all modulated differently. Each projectile (2-6), with the aid of its respective receiving apparatus (31), then determines the angular position necessary for the correction, with respect to the collision point (15), from the modulation of the respective received guide beam segment (10-14).

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A method of flight path correction of at least one projectile employing a guide beam, with said method including continuously acquiring target data, including speed, range and direction of movement, in a fire-guidance system associated with a firing device for the at least one projectile, transmitti

A method of flight path correction of at least one projectile employing a guide beam, with said method including continuously acquiring target data, including speed, range and direction of movement, in a fire-guidance system associated with a firing device for the at least one projectile, transmitting the target data to a laser apparatus that produces the guide beam, receiving the guide beam by a respective receiving apparatus on each of the at least one projectile within the guide beam, and correcting the course of the at least one projectile in response to the target data on the guide beam; the improvement comprising: a) orienting the guide beam toward a collision point of a target being tracked and the at least one projectile which was calculated on the basis of the target data; b) subdividing the guide beam into guide beam segments (partial beams) including a central guide beam segment that is oriented toward the collision point and a plurality of outer guide beam segments disposed around the central guide beam segment; c) differently modulating each of the guide beam segments; d) with the aid of the respective receiving apparatus, determining the angular position necessary for the correction, with respect to the collision point, of the respectively associated at least one projectile from the modulation of the particular guide beam segment in which the respectively associated at least one projectile is located; e) phase-modulating the central guide beam segment; and, f) determining the roll position of the respective projectile with the aid of a corresponding demodulator in the respective projectile.