A Powder Dispersal Target Impact Indication System (PDS) includes a body configured to contain a powdered substance for dispersing into air external to the body on impact of a target by a firearm projectile. A mounting structure is used to mount the body to the target. A securing cap is configured to retain the powdered substance within the body. A dispersal aperture is configured to disperse the powdered substance.

A Powder Dispersal Target Impact Indication System (PDS) includes a body configured to contain a powdered substance for dispersing into air external to the body on impact of a target by a firearm projectile. A mounting structure is used to mount the body to the target. A securing cap is configured to retain the powdered substance within the body. A dispersal aperture is configured to disperse the powdered substance.

A method for acoustic detection of shooter location includes the following steps: receiving acoustic signals by a microphone array; detecting muzzle blast (MB) and shock wave (SW) signals through matched filter and cross correlation processes; transforming the detected MB and SW signals from time domain into frequency domain; beamforming the signals by means of the Delay and Sum method in frequency domain; estimating the direction of arrival (DOA) for the MB and SW signals by finding the azimuth and elevation which give the maximum power of the beamforming response; performing range estimation using the difference between the arrival time of the MB and SW signals together with the DOA estimations.

A projectile tracking system including: a plurality of acoustic sensors rigidly held apart from each other and apart from an acoustically reflective surface; a processor configured to: receive a spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors and a spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors and the acoustically reflective surface; receive a plurality of measurement signals including a measurement signal corresponding to each of the plurality of acoustic sensors; identify: in one or more of the plurality of measurement signals, timing of arrival of a supersonic shockwave of a projectile to the respective sensor; and in at least one of the plurality of measurement signals, timing of arrival of a reflection of the supersonic shockwave from the acoustically reflective surface to the respective sensor; determine at least a portion of a trajectory of the projectile, using: the timing of arrival of the supersonic shockwave; the timing of arrival of the reflection; the spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors; and the spatial relationship between sensors and the spatial relationship between sensors and the acoustically reflective surface.

A projectile tracking system including: a plurality of acoustic sensors rigidly held apart from each other and apart from an acoustically reflective surface; a processor configured to: receive a spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors and a spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors and the acoustically reflective surface; receive a plurality of measurement signals including a measurement signal corresponding to each of the plurality of acoustic sensors; identify: in one or more of the plurality of measurement signals, timing of arrival of a supersonic shockwave of a projectile to the respective sensor; and in at least one of the plurality of measurement signals, timing of arrival of a reflection of the supersonic shockwave from the acoustically reflective surface to the respective sensor; determine at least a portion of a trajectory of the projectile, using: the timing of arrival of the supersonic shockwave; the timing of arrival of the reflection; the spatial relationship between the plurality of acoustic sensors; and the spatial relationship between sensors and the spatial relationship between sensors and the acoustically reflective surface.

A system is disclosed. The system has a target assembly having a reflective surface, a plurality of acoustic sensors disposed at the target assembly, and at least one optical sensor. The target assembly includes sound-absorbing material. The at least one optical sensor is configured to image a plurality of users of the system.

A system is disclosed. The system has a target assembly having a reflective surface, a plurality of acoustic sensors disposed at the target assembly, and at least one optical sensor. The target assembly includes sound-absorbing material. The at least one optical sensor is configured to image a plurality of users of the system.

A Powder Dispersal Target Impact Indication System (PDS) includes a body configured to contain a powdered substance for dispersing into air external to the body on impact of a target by a firearm projectile. A mounting structure is used to mount the body to the target. A securing cap is configured to retain the powdered substance within the body. A dispersal aperture is configured to disperse the powdered substance.

A Powder Dispersal Target Impact Indication System (PDS) includes a body configured to contain a powdered substance for dispersing into air external to the body on impact of a target by a firearm projectile. A mounting structure is used to mount the body to the target. A securing cap is configured to retain the powdered substance within the body. A dispersal aperture is configured to disperse the powdered substance.

The exemplary arrangement relates to a target comprising at least one dummy depicting at least one part of the human body. According to the exemplary arrangement it is provided, that the dummy depicting at least one part of the human body comprises a plurality of sensors, which communicate with a sensor data evaluating apparatus (140) for the registration of the sensors. The sensor data evaluating apparatus determines, by mathematical correlation of points in time (t.sub.1, t.sub.2, t.sub.3) corresponding to points of maximum pressure (Pmax.sub.1, Pmax.sub.2, Pmax.sub.3) from sensor data of the plurality of sensors the point of entry ({right arrow over (T)}) and preferentially the trajectory of a projectile penetrating the dummy.