Wasserfall
Sign in to saveThe '''''' ("Waterfall remote-controlled anti-aircraft rocket") was a German guided supersonic surface-to-air missile project of World War II. Development was not completed before the end of the war and it was not used operationally.
Key facts
- Weapon.image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 141-1898, Peenemünde, Start Fla-Rakete "Wasserfall".jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- test at Peenemünde, autumn 1944
- Weapon.type
- Surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.origin
- Germany
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.detonation
- Manual detonation or proximity fuse
- Weapon.engine
- Liquid-propellant rocket motor
- Weapon.guidance
- Manual command to line of sight (MCLOS); operator used a radio command link to steer the missile along the optical line of sight from launch point to target
- Weapon.propellant
- Initially Salbei (Nitric Acid) as oxidiser, later changed to Mixed Acid (90% Nitric Acid 10% Sulphuric Acid). Initially Visol as fuel, later changed to Optoline.
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Fixed
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- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 141-1898, Peenemünde, Start Fla-Rakete "Wasserfall".jpg
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The '''' ("Waterfall remote-controlled anti-aircraft rocket") was a German guided supersonic surface-to-air missile project of World War II. Development was not completed before the end of the war and it was not used operationally.
The system was based on many of the technologies developed for the V-2 rocket program. Significant additional development was required, including design and test of an effective guidance system to allow interception of an air target, adoption of hypergolic fuels to allow the missile to stand ready for launch for days or weeks, and the development of a reliable proximity fuse.234