9.13 - 30mm Cannon

Table of Contents

• 9.13.1 Components
  • 9.13.1.1 Sensors
  • 9.13.1.2 Controllers
  • 9.13.1.3 Actuators

The 30 mm cannon system is a system of controller and actuator components that comprise a model of a particular type of ballistic gun.

This system is configured on several ground vehicles in VR-Forces, such as the BMP2 entity.

Defined in system definition file: 30mm-cannon.sysdef

The 30 mm cannon system can be configured as part of a Ground Vehicle.

9.13.1 Components

The figure below shows which systems and simulation components are configured as part of the 30 mm cannon system. The boxes (nodes) represent indivdiual DtSimComponent classes. The edges connecting the boxes indicate port or port group connections between components.

9.13.1.1 Sensors

There are no sensors configured as part of this system.

9.13.1.2 Controllers

• DtGroundJoyTurretController
• DtTurretAcquireController – Orient turret in direction of target.
• DtTurretScanController – Direct turret to scan sector of responsibiltiy for potential targets.
• DtBallisticGunJoyController – Control loading and unloading of ammo, pull the trigger.

9.13.1.3 Actuators

• DtTurretActuatorComponent – The articulating turret the main gun is mounted on.
• DtBallisticGunJoy – Ballistic gun.

Note

If you modify the system definition file, or any of the components it contains, all entity types that include this system in its parameter database file will be modified.