Fliegerfaust
Sign in to saveThe Fliegerfaust (lit. "pilot fist","plane fist", or "aviator fist"), also known as the "Luftfaust" (lit. "air fist"), was a German prototype of a man-portable, multi-barreled, unguided rocket launcher, designed to destroy enemy ground attack planes.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust
- Weapon.image
- Luftfaust.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A replica Fliegerfaust B
- Weapon.origin
- Nazi Germany
- Weapon.type
- Surface-to-air unguided missile system
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1945
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.manufacturer
- HASAG
- Weapon.production_date
- 1945
- Weapon.number
- Around 80 where produced.
- Weapon.variants
- Fliegerfaust A, Fliegerfaust B
- Weapon.spec_label
- Fliegerfaust B
- Weapon.weight
- loaded
- Weapon.cartridge
- standard 20 mm shells fitted with rocket engines
- Weapon.caliber
- 20 mm
- Weapon.barrels
- 9
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Luftfaust.JPG
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- service entry
- 1945-01-01
- total produced
- 80
- Commons category
- Fliegerfaust
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- Design and development
- Combat use
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Fliegerfaust (lit. "pilot fist","plane fist", or "aviator fist"), also known as the "Luftfaust" (lit. "air fist"), was a German prototype of a man-portable, multi-barreled, unguided rocket launcher, designed to destroy enemy ground attack planes.
Ordered into production in the last year of World War II, only a few were made and used before the end of the war in Europe.
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