List of German guided weapons of World War II

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

People

List of missiles

Surface-to-surface missiles

The V-1, which may be seen as the first 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.

Surface-to-air missiles

Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which was used operationally:

Air-to-air missiles
  • Ruhrstahl X-4 (actively wire-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, guided by the Funkgerät FuG 203 Kehl series of MCLOS radio guidance systems aboard the deploying aircraft:

See also

References
  1. Fiesler Fi103 (V1) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK) Archived 2004-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. V2 (Assembly 4) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
  3. Rheinmetall Borsig Rheinbote - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
  4. Holzbrau-Kissing Enzian (Gentian Violet) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK) Archived 2004-01-30 at the Wayback Machine; Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 8, p.849, "Enzian".
  5. Fitzsimons, Volume 20, p.2212, "Rheintochter".
  6. Rheinmetall Borsig Rheintochter (Daughter of the Rhein) R1 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK)
  7. Henschel Hs117 Schmettering (Butterfly) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK) Archived 2004-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  8. EMW C2 Wasserfall
  9. Feuerlilie (Fire Lily) - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford (UK) Archived 2004-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
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