Rheinkind

Project of a German unguided anti-aircraft missile, respectively. similar to today's container ammunition.
The development took place in 1944 at the company Rheinmetall-Borsig. It was a 310 mm missile with a container warhead, in which were stored 12 pieces of arrow bullets caliber 45 mm, each weighing 4 kg. The missiles were to contain 0.7-1 kg of explosives and an impact lighter with self-destruction. After reaching a maximum speed of 1000 km/h, the ballistic hood was to fall off and the missiles were to fly without inertia propulsion further to the target. An empty rocket container with the engine was to be brought to the ground by parachute for further use. According to calculations, the effect should be 2-2.5 times higher than when using the rocket Taifun. With the mass use of this container rocket, its effects would be devastating.


Jiří Kroulík, Bedřich Růžička - Vojenské rakety, vydavateľstvo Naše vojsko, Prague, 1985
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