21cm Maikäfer Flakrakete 42

[Abingdon]

The 21cm Maikäfer Flakrakete 42 program stemmed from a Hitler directive in August 1943 to develop an anti-bomber Flak weapon based on the existing 21cm Nebelwerfer artillery rocket according to Gen.der Flak a.D. von Renz’s “Development of German Anti-aircraft Weapons and Equipment of All Types up to 1945” (pp. 349 et passim). The program was a failure, though various Allied intelligence reports do mention the associated rocket. The lingering mystery is the launcher. The old Polish book “Rakety Bojowe” has a photo that appears to show the launch cell, but not the entire launcher. Has anyone seen any photos or drawings of the actual launcher?

 

[Grzesio]

The rocket illustrated in "Rakiety bojowe" is not the Flakrakete 42.
Development of AA rockets with 7000 m ceiling was first started and funded already in 1932 IIRC, and was revived in 1943 as the first of three stages of an AA missile development program.
The drawing below shows 21 cm Wgr 42 Spr on the left, Flakrakete 42 on the right.