Purpose of boresighting?

[CBenson89]

What is the reason you need to boresight? If you don’t boresight what are the consequences? Sorry if this has been answered before.

 

 

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[Harker]

Just aligning the missile seeker is pointing with where the INS system is pointing, that's all. The TGP is just one easy way to do it, but it can be done by any means that designate a target.

[BuzzU]

It's not something you have to do which is why it's a pain to do it.

[falconbr]

What is the reason you need to boresight? If you don’t boresight what are the consequences? Sorry if this has been answered before.

 

 

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Hi,

 

The AGM-65 mounting procedure induces an unknown amount of misalignment. Misalignment is corrected by boresighting the missile LOS to the HUD LOS.

The target used to boresight the missiles to the TGP should be as far away as possible to limit parallax errors.

Missile boresight is most accurate if performed in the air on a realistic target.

The TGP can also be used for boresight but automatic hand-off of a TGP tracked target to an AGM-65H/K is not supported (only possible for AGM-65D/G).

 

Best regards,

[Northstar98]

As others have said, boresighting a Maverick is basically the exact same thing as zeroing a sight on any other weapon. It's calibration essentially, to make sure the Maverick and the TGP are looking in the same place.