Verkleinerte Wasserfall - 1945 - Wasserfall Flakrakete successor

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Verkleinerte Wasserfall - 1945 -
Wasserfall Flakrakete successor

Last proposal within the VESUV program.
- smaller and simpler successor to Wasserfall anti aircraft rocket
- width: 640mm
- length: 5680mm
- thrust: 2900kg
- range: 20km, altitude: 12km
- without homing device or proximity fuze
- 80kg warhead, additional 20kg destruction charge


Source:
en.wikipedia.org

Wasserfall - Wikipedia

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- "Project of a small AA rocket Type
Wasserfall" by Dr. Ludwig Roth, EMW, 1.February 1945
- "Entwurf einer kleinen Flakrakete vom Typ Wasserfall" von Dr. Ludwig Roth, EMW, 1.2.1945

WASSERFALL missile details
Post-2
Attachment: 065.jpg

Book:
Wunder mit Kalkül
Die Peenemünder Fernwaffenprojekte als Teil des deutschen Rüstungssystems
by HISTORISCH TECHNISCHES MUSEUM PEENEMÜNDE
Page: 145, 161
 
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February 16, 1945
Dornberger meeting with Kammler

Abgeänderte Wasserfall:
Modifying the "Wasserfall" missile to a simpler design and combining Professor Wagner's proposals with those of the EW would mean a completely new development and a loss of 1.5 years. The current Wasserfall design is far advanced in its development and, as the only supersonic missile, must be developed as quickly as possible to the point of production readiness and as a testbed for targeting devices and rangefinders, so that in the event of supersonic bombers being used by the enemy, at least one weapon, albeit in small numbers, would be available. However, if there is no prospect of manufacturing the missile—even in small numbers—then Wasserfall must be stopped immediately, consciously abandoning any supersonic missile and all the consequences that entails. Proposal: Terminate development with small production runs.

Source: Bundesarchiv
Signatur: RH 24-30/274
Page: 54 -55

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