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The 9th Nebelwerfer Battalion was given rockets, redesignated as the first battalion of Werfer-Regiment 71 and sent to North Africa late that year. Most of the second battalion were sent to Tunisia in early 1943, where it surrendered in May. The remainder of the regiment fought in Sicily and mainland Italy for the rest of the war. [27]
The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 (10 cm NbW 35) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during World War II. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells. Unlike the American weapon it appears to have had an ordinary high-explosive shell from the beginning.
249th Assault Gun battalion; 610th Anti-aircraft Artillery battalion; 70th Nebelwerfer battalion (150 mm mortars 280 mm guns) 690th Field Engineer regiment; 430th Corps Signal battalion; 430th Corps Supply battalion; 430th Corps Cartographic battalion; XI Corps. 76th Infantry division; 239th Infantry division; Army reserves and other assets ...
The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 (10 cm NbW 40) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during the Second World War. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells, as well as ordinary high-explosive shells .
The 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (21 cm NbW 42) was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the Nebeltruppen , the German equivalent of the American Chemical Corps .
21 cm Nebelwerfer 42; 24 cm SK L/40; 24 cm Haubitze 39; 24 cm Kanone 3; 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E) 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E) 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41; 28 cm Haubitze L/12; 28 cm schwere Bruno Kanone (E) 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42; 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56; 35.5 cm Haubitze M1; 38 cm Siegfried K (E) 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun; 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun; 42 cm ...
Modern rocket artillery was first employed during World War II, in the form of the German Nebelwerfer family of rocket ordnance designs, Soviet Katyusha-series and numerous other systems employed on a smaller scale by the Western allies and Japan. In modern use, the rockets are often guided by an internal guiding system or GPS in order to ...
The designation Sturm (assault) reflected the division's increased strength, which eventually included subordinate Sturmgeschutz (assault gun) Heavy Mortar and Nebelwerfer (rocket launcher) battalions and a tank destroyer unit equipped with Marder IIs, as well as extra regimental artillery support.