Hamburg-B German WW2 AA missile

[Wurger]

Hi,

Ian Hogg`s "German Secret Weapons of the Second World War" refer to this proposed air defence missile with infra-red homing. Any more clues?

 

[ArmchairSamurai]

Hi,

Ian Hogg`s "German Secret Weapons of the Second World War" refer to this proposed air defence missile with infra-red homing. Any more clues?

Gonna revive this thread and propose the Wasserfall as a likely contender, possibly with something akin to Leitstrahstellung, just without radio. Japan had the Ke-Go, a similar infrared concept, though as far as I know, it never made it past testing. It's possible that the technology Japan used for the Ke-Go was derived from the Yanagi Missions. Hard to say. I breezed through the German Technical Aid to Japan document and I did not see anything relating to infrared, though I might have missed something.

 

[Grzesio]

Any more clues?

According to my notes, it was to be equipped with the Madrid homing head and Paplitz proximity fuze, both IR.

 

[moin1900]

Einsatz von Ultrarotzielsuchgeräten gegen Flugzeuge.
[Use of infrared homing devices against aircraft.] - Dr. Weiß - 1944
- Hamburg I & Hamburg II homing devices
Page: 34, 60, 62
Signatur: RH 8/1979
Source: Bundesarchiv
https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/invenio/direktlink/ac181e39-d318-4245-859a-073bf743b9e0/[CLICK "DIGITALISAT ANZEIGEN" TO VIEW THE FILE]


--German homing heads for guided missiles--
Report Number: PB 27753
Author: Arthur, John W.
BIOS Aug.1945
Dr. Wilhelm Runge
- Moritz, Max, Madrid, Emden, Hamburg, Dogge and a number of other types are mentioned briefly.
Source:
Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports, Vol.2, No.7, July 16, 1946
Page: 520 (Google Books)