Development of target tracking control of gun-turret system

In a gun-turret system design, the target tracking system characteristic of a gun-turret system is one of the important systems required in most of armored vehicles. Neglecting the target tracking system of an armored vehicle will affect the aiming accuracy of the gun system due to handling and ride disturbance. In this paper, a control system of gun-turret system is developed to overcome the disturbance using the target tracking control. The gun turret mathematical model is developed using Lagrange Theory with two (2) degree-of-freedoms (DOFs) each corresponds to the turntable bearing direction and gun arm elevation angle. The results of this study proves the ability of the 2 DOF gun-turret model to be employed in the target tracking control system during firing condition.