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Wilhelm Schmidding


Wilhelm Schmidding

Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was a World War II constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna).

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Engines

  • Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel fitted to the Henschel Hs 293H anti-ship missile.
  • Schmidding 109-533, four jettisonable RATO (1.200 kp, 11,768 kN, 10 seconds) fitted to the Bachem Ba 349 point defence vertical takeoff (VTO) interceptor.
  • Schmidding 109-543, rocket motor for the Henschel Hs 298 guided bomb.
  • Schmidding 109-553, Solid-fuel rocket booster used for the Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.
  • Schmidding 109-563, RATOG booster.
  • Schmidding 109-573, underwater propulsion gas generator.
  • Schmidding 109-593, RATOG booster.
  • Schmidding 109-603, fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile.

    • Applications

  • Bachem Ba 349
  • Henschel Hs 117
  • Henschel Hs 293H variant
  • Henschel Hs 298
  • Ruhrstahl X-4
  • Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust
  • Zeppelin Rammer

    • References

    Wilhelm Schmidding Wikipedia
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