Shooting camera
A shooting camera (formerly also a photo machine gun ) is a camera (still camera, film camera) that is installed in a combat aircraft in such a way that its lens axis coincides with the line of sight of the on-board weapons .
The shooting camera can either document the effect of the on-board weapons in action, or - instead of the on-board weapons - be used in a mock battle for training purposes. Depending on the design, individual images or films are created.
Shooting cameras have been used in military aviation since the 1920s. During the First World War, Ernemann developed the so-called target practice camera in Dresden. Current developments include cameras in target-seeking missiles that document the effects of the use of weapons.
Shooting camera of a Su-22
Hawker Typhoon ground attack with unguided rockets
