Rheintochter forefather

Meet the ancestor of the well-known Rheintochter AA missile. It was a powder-propelled rocket proposed in a HVA (Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde) notice dated from 15th October of 1942. It had just one stage, with movable winglets in the warhead, featuring 14,3 tons thrust. Designed speed would be 300 m/s, range 15 kms.
Image taken from "Die Pfeilflügelentwicklung in Deutschland bis 1945", authored by Hans Mayer and published by Bernard & Graefe Verlag.

Sounds like something that's badly in need of an English-language version.


I wonder what the guidance system was going to be. Against piston-engined aircraft at low to medium level, speed and range appear more than adequate.

There's an article about it on FliegerRevue X 61.

A description can be found on their site :

X-Projekte: Die Flugabwehrrakete von Baurat Pitzken
Die bekannte Luftabwehrrakete der Luftwaffe „Rheintochter“ sein ein eigener Entwurf der Firma Rheinmetall – so dachte man bisher. Doch ein Mitarbeiter des Heereswaffenamtes legte 1942 unabhängig einen vielversprechenden Entwurf vor, der dann weiterentwickelt wurde.

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