M1 and M60 Question

[Lore_DK]

Hey

I´m new here and I have a quick question. If you use the Laser Range finder too much on the M1 and M60 it will take damage and you can not use it any more. Is this a real problem and if yes, what happens?

The Leopard1 A5-DK and the Leopard2 A5-DK dose not have the same problem.

 

I hope anyone can help me.

 

Best

 

Lars

Edited November 15, 2016 by Lore_DK

[Andres87]

Hi

 

This is from tutorial's briefing:

 

"The laser in the M1's LRF can burn out if you overuse it, so be careful!
To be safe, never fire more than four pulses in an 80-second period. Don't hold
the lase button down for a long time. If you see a green F next to the range
numbers in the GPS and the red reticle disappears, you have burned out the LRF"

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by Andres87

[Grenny]

Happens also to the Leopard models. In SB be...and at least for 2A4 also  in real life...

[MDF]

32 minutes ago, Grenny said:

Happens also to the Leopard models. In SB be...and at least for 2A4 also  in real life...

 

I thought that, in the Leos, the laser simply doesn't fire while it is overheated, rather than burning itself out.

[Lore_DK]

I know that the danish A5-DK´s uses the CE628 laser range unit, that can lase 3 times in 4 sec. I am almoste sure that it is the same asin the German Leopards. The M1´uses an ELRF made by Litton. The M60A3 uses an AN/VVG-2.

Edited November 15, 2016 by Lore_DK

[Dalager]

Maximum load in the 2a5-DK laser is 3 shots every 2 seconds, then 11 seconds pause. And it's also a question of the laser doesn't have the amount of electricity stored in the capacitors. So you can't actually damage the laser, by using it to much 

[Lore_DK]

I talked with a platoon chief from JDR (Jyske Dragoon Regiment) and he told that it is impossible to burn the laser tube on the A5-dk´s, because there is a fuse that shuts down it if it gets too hot.

 

So that I can read is, that the A5-DK´s has a saftey and that this saftey is not on M1érne and M60?

 

 

[Damian90]

M1 series received at least two different laser range finders over course of their service, AFAIK the new laser range finder, that can be found in M1A2SEP for example (but also in M1A1SA and M1A1FEP variants), can't be burned. 

[MAJ_Fubar]

And from the wiki on the M60: " The sustained pulse rate is three pulses per minute, or six pulses per minute for two minutes with a three minute cooldown before the next two minute interval."

[Lore_DK]

Thank you all for the many fine answer. Sometimes I need to know how things and devices work to understand them. Thank you for taking your time to answer my questions and even with such detailed answers. If there are others out there with more knowledge, please write.

best

Lars