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).[1]
Engines
[edit]- 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.[2]
- 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
[edit]- Bachem Ba 349
- Henschel Hs 117
- Henschel Hs 293H variant
- Henschel Hs 298
- Ruhrstahl X-4
- Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust[3]
- Zeppelin Rammer
References
[edit]- ^ Manfred Griehl & Joachim Dressel, Die Deutschen Raketenflugzeuge 1935-19455: Die Entwicklung einer umwalzenden Technik, Weltbild, ISBN 3613012766
- ^ Geschichte der modernen Raketenentwicklung - Henschel (in German)
- ^ Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857801507
External links
[edit]- Planewrecks [dead link]
- [1] Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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