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The last German-designed rocket to be introduced was the 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 in 1943. This was intended to replace the 28 and 32 cm rockets, which had too short a range. Advances in propellant chemistry also reduced its smoke signature.
The first weapon to be delivered to the troops was the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 in 1940, after the Battle of France, a purpose-designed rocket with gas, smoke, and high-explosive warheads. It was fired from a six-tube launcher mounted on a towed carriage adapted from that used by the 3.7 cm PaK 36 to a range of 6,900 metres (7,500 yds), later also ...
It used two different rockets. The open metal frames of the launcher were sized to fit the 32-centimetre (13 in) rocket, but adapter rails were provided to allow the 28-centimetre (11 in) rockets to fit. The 28 cm Wurfkörper Spreng (Explosive missile) rocket weighed 82 kilograms (181 lb) and had a 50-kilogram (110 lb) high-explosive warhead.
The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse heavy fighter was known to have sometimes been fitted with the Bf 110's quartet of launchers for the Wfr. Gr. 21 rockets, [18] but one tested an experimental installation of six launching tubes, similar in appearance to the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41's half-dozen carriage-mounted tubes, in the Me 410's under-nose ...
The 30 cm NbW 42 was a six-barreled rocket launcher mounted on a two-wheeled carriage converted from the launcher for the 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 by changing the open metal launcher frame. Its 30 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng (explosive missile) rocket was spin-stabilized and electrically fired. The rockets had a prominent exhaust trail that kicked ...
Type 4 20 cm Rocket Launcher Japan: 210 1 20 cm Naval Rocket Launcher Japan: 210 5 21cm NbW 42 Nazi Germany: 280 6 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (also fired 32 cm calibre ordnance) Nazi Germany: 300 6 30cm NbW 42 Nazi Germany: 300 6 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 Nazi Germany: 300 4 or 6 Wurfrahmen 40 Nazi Germany: 1940 - 1945 300 1 Type 21 and Type 22 ...
Ukraine said it had used a new long-range rocket-drone hybrid for the first time. The "Palianytsia" is designed to target Russian aircraft stationed at air bases inside Russia.
The 30 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng was conceptually similar to earlier rockets such as the 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Spreng, 21 cm Wurfgranate 42 Spreng, 28 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng, and 32 cm Wurfkörper M F1 50. The rocket was fired electrically and the main difference was the 30 cm Wurfkörper had a higher payload to weight ratio, better aerodynamic ...