The development of air rockets was rather neglected in Germany, and a major boom was not seen until 1944. Particular attention was paid to the development of anti-tank missiles. Due to time constraints, various components of different types of munitions and already developed rocket propulsion systems were used. The Panzerblitz programme was also developed in this way.
PANZERBLITZ 1
There were probably three versions of this rocket. The missile designed by Rolf Engel (his development team worked on a modified Soviet M-8) was based on the 80 mm WGr.43 (a mod. copy of the Soviet M-8), with the bursting warhead replaced by a cumulative warhead. Its penetrating effect was around 90 mm.
The second version was a modification which consisted in combining the warhead from the Panzerschreck cartridge (88 mm) and a modified 80 mm WGr.43 (ex.M-8) engine. For better ballistic properties the warhead was fitted with a ballistic hood. According to some reports, it was an extremely accurate missile when fired from an aircraft, with a range dispersion of 0.001, so that approximately one in 6 missiles hit the target. The rockets were fired from rail-mounted grids or from an eight-round expendable magazine.
TTDs are different from source to source.
I'm not even clear on the exact caliber of the 78-89-93mm
Photo : http://www.luftarchiv.de/
PANZERBLITZ 1
There were probably three versions of this rocket. The missile designed by Rolf Engel (his development team worked on a modified Soviet M-8) was based on the 80 mm WGr.43 (a mod. copy of the Soviet M-8), with the bursting warhead replaced by a cumulative warhead. Its penetrating effect was around 90 mm.
The second version was a modification which consisted in combining the warhead from the Panzerschreck cartridge (88 mm) and a modified 80 mm WGr.43 (ex.M-8) engine. For better ballistic properties the warhead was fitted with a ballistic hood. According to some reports, it was an extremely accurate missile when fired from an aircraft, with a range dispersion of 0.001, so that approximately one in 6 missiles hit the target. The rockets were fired from rail-mounted grids or from an eight-round expendable magazine.
TTDs are different from source to source.
I'm not even clear on the exact caliber of the 78-89-93mm
Photo : http://www.luftarchiv.de/