thumb|Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Technikmuseum Speyer, Germany thumb|Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, United States thumb|A Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 shot down by [[Rudolf Rademacher with the R4M]]
Key facts
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.name
- R4M rocket
- Weapon.image
- File:R4M.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- R4M "Orkan" on display at the German Museum of Technology
- Weapon.origin
- Germany
- Weapon.type
- Rocket
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1944-1945
- Weapon.used_by
- Luftwaffe
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.design_date
- 1944
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Heber AG, Osterode, Germany
- Weapon.variants
- R4M (air-to-air)R4HL (air-to-ground)
- Weapon.filling
- HTA 41> (torpex)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Development
- Operations
- Technical specifications (R4M)
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Technikmuseum Speyer, Germany thumb|Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, United States thumb|A Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 shot down by [[Rudolf Rademacher with the R4M]]
R4M, abbreviation for Rakete 4 Kilogramm Minenkopf (), also known by the nickname Orkan () due to its distinctive smoke trail when fired, was a folding-fin air-to-air rocket used by the Luftwaffe at the end of World War II.