During World War II, Germany developed many missile systems, some of which were extremely advanced. Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... A missile (British English: miss-isle; U.S. English: missl) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ...

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. A Tomahawk cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a military missile designed for use against naval surface ships. ...

Organisations

• Peenemünde rocket test site

Peenemündes position in Germany Peenemünde is a village in the northeast of the German island of Usedom. ...

People

• Wernher von Braun
• Walter Dornberger
• Walter Thiel

Jump to: navigation, search Wernher von Braun stands at his desk in the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama in May 1964, with models of rockets developed and in progress. ... Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger (September 6, 1895 - June 27, 1980) was a German army officer whose career spanned World Wars I and II. During the 1930s and 40s, he directed Germanys rocket and missile programmes, which culminated in the V-2. ... Walter Thiel (March 2, 1910 - August 17, 1943) was a German engineer who largely designed the rocket engine that powered the V-2 missile. ...

List of missiles

surface-to-surface missiles

Both the V1 and V2 were used operationally, against London and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp. Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ...

• V1 flying bomb
• V2 rocket
• Rheinbote

The Vergeltungswaffe 1 Fi 103 / FZG-76 (V-1), known as the Flying bomb, Buzz bomb or Doodlebug, was the first modern guided missile used in wartime and the first cruise missile. ... German test launch. ... The full four-stage version of the Rheinbote Rheinbote (Rhine Messenger) was a German short range ballistic rocket developed during World War II. It was intended to replace, or at least supplant, large-bore artillery by providing fire support at long ranges in an easily transportable form. ...

surface-to-air missiles

Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were ever used operationally: A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ...

• Enzian
• Rheintochter (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
• Wasserfall missile
• Schmetterling (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
• Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" (a manned rocket which would be launched vertically and which in turn would shoot down enemy aircraft with a battery of smaller rockets)

The Enzian (named for a type of mountain flower, the Gentian Violet) was a WWII surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile that has the distinction of being the first to use an infrared guidance system. ... Rheintochter R1 missile Rheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed during World War II. History Rheintochter was ordered in November 1942 by the German army. ... Wasserfall (German for waterfall) was a German surface-to-air missile developed during World War II. It never reached operational status although it was well developed and likely ready for operation, and the project was cancelled in February 1945. ... Hs 117 Schmetterling The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (German for Butterfly) was a German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version. ... Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Viper) was an experimental rocket-powered, radar-guided interceptor aircraft which was to be employed in a very similar way as surface-to-air missiles. ...

air-to-air missiles

• X-4 missile (anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)
• R4M rocket

The Ruhrstahl X-4 was one of a series of wire guided missiles designed by Germany during World War II. The X-4 itself was an air-to-air missile, but others in the series were ground launched anti-tank missiles. ... R4M rockets, on an Me 262s starboard launcher. ...

anti-ship missiles

German anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea: Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Alanic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ...

• Fritz X anti-ship missile
• Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb

Fritz X was a German air-launched anti-ship missile, deployed during World War II. Fritz X was an allied code-name; alternate names include Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X. History Development began in 1938. ... The Henschel Hs 293 was a German guided glide bomb used against ships during World War II. History The Hs 293 project was started in 1940, based on the Gustav Schwartz Propellerwerke glide bomb which was designed in 1939. ...

See also

• List of military aircraft of Germany
• List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe
• List of RLM aircraft designations
• List of missiles

This list of military aircraft of Germany includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. ... This article or section should be merged with List of military aircraft of Germany This list covers Luftwaffe Aircraft that served in World War II as defined by the year 1939-1945, organized by the RLM designation system. ... This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by the RLM between 1933 and 1945 for German military and civilian aircraft. ... Below is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by name. ...