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A Ruhrstahl X-4 at the NMUSAF.. The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 [1] was a wire-guided air-to-air missile designed by Germany during World War II.The X-4 did not see operational service and thus was not proven in combat but inspired considerable post-war work around the world, and was the basis for the development of several ground-launched anti-tank missiles.
During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missiles 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.
Wasserfall. The Wasserfall Ferngelenkte FlaRakete ("Waterfall remote-controlled anti-aircraft rocket" [1]: 77 ) was a German guided supersonic surface-to-air missile project of World War II. Development was not completed before the end of the war and it was not used operationally. The system was based on many of the technologies developed for ...
Henschel Hs 298, air-to-air missile (rocket-powered) Mauser MG 213. MK 112. MK 115. MK 214A cannon. SG 116 (Link is to german wikipedia page) Ruhrstahl X-4. Jagdfaust.
R4M. R4M, abbreviation for Rakete, 4 kilogramm, Minenkopf (English: Rocket, 4 kilogram, Mine-head), [1] also known by the nickname Orkan (English: Hurricane) due to its distinctive smoke trail when fired, was a folding-fin air-to-air rocket used by the Luftwaffe at the end of World War II. The R4M was used on several late war German combat ...
Henschel Hs 117. A Schmetterling missile on display at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (German for Butterfly) was a radio-guided German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version, the Hs 117H.
Fritz X was a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Fritz X was the world's first precision guided weapon deployed in combat [1] and the first to sink a ship in combat. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternative names include Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X or FX 1400 (the ...
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles). AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fueled but sometimes liquid fueled.