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List of German guided weapons of World War II

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During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems.

Contents

These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles.

Organisations

  • Peenemünde rocket test site

    • People

  • Wernher von Braun
  • Walter Dornberger
  • Walter Thiel
  • Max Kramer
  • Herbert A. Wagner

    • Surface-to-surface missiles

    The V-1 cruise missile was used operationally against London and Antwerp. The V-2 ballistic missile was used operationally against London, Antwerp, and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp.

  • V-1 flying bomb
  • V-2 rocket
  • Rheinbote
  • A4b
  • Ruhrstahl X-7 (Rotkäppchen) Guided anti-tank missile.

    • Surface-to-air missiles

    Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were used operationally:

  • Enzian (Gentian)
  • Rheintochter (Rhine Daughter) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
  • Schmetterling (Butterfly) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
  • Wasserfall (Waterfall)
  • Feuerlilie (Fire Lily)

    • Air-to-air missiles

  • R4M rocket (unguided air-to-air rocket)
  • Werfer-Granate 21 (unguided air-to-air variant of the Nebelwerfer rockets)
  • Ruhrstahl X-4 (guided; anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)

    • Anti-ship missiles

    Anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea, guided by the Funkgerät FuG 203 Kehl series of MCLOS radio guidance systems aboard the deploying aircraft:

  • Fritz X armored, anti-ship PGM
  • Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship boosted gliding guided bomb

    • References

    List of German guided weapons of World War II Wikipedia
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