During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems.
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
List of missiles[]
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[1]
- V-2 rocket[2]
- Rheinbote[3]
- 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)[4]
- Rheintochter (Rhine Daughter)[5] (an air-to-air variant was also planned)[6]
- Schmetterling (Butterfly) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)[7]
- Wasserfall (Waterfall)[8]
- Feuerlilie (Fire Lily)[9]
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:
- Fritz X anti-ship missile
- Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb
See also[]
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
- List of RLM aircraft designations
- List of missiles
References[]
- ↑ Fiesler Fi103 (V1) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
- ↑ V2 (Assembly 4) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
- ↑ Rheinmetall Borsig Rheinbote - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
- ↑ Holzbrau-Kissing Enzian (Gentian Violet) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK); Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 8, p.849, "Enzian".
- ↑ Fitzsimons, Volume 20, p.2212, "Rheintochter".
- ↑ Rheinmetall Borsig Rheintochter (Daughter of the Rhein) R1 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
- ↑ Henschel Hs117 Schmettering (Butterfly) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
- ↑ EMW C2 Wasserfall
- ↑ Feuerlilie (Fire Lily) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
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