Rheintochter
Sign in to saveRheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig during World War II. Its name comes from the mythical Rheintöchter (Rhinemaidens) of Richard Wagner's opera series Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Rheintochter
- Weapon.image
- 20180328 Rheintochter R1 Udvar-Hazy.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- A Rheintochter R1 missile on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
- Weapon.origin
- Germany
- Weapon.type
- Surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.is_explosive
- y
- Weapon.is_missile
- y
- Weapon.design_date
- 1942-1943
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Rheinmetall-Borsig
- Weapon.propellant
- multi-stage solid fuel
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Rheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig during World War II. Its name comes from the mythical Rheintöchter (Rhinemaidens) of Richard Wagner's opera series Der Ring des Nibelungen.
The missile was a multi-stage solid fuelled rocket. It had four small varnished plywood control surfaces, resembling paddles, in the nose, six fins at the after end of the top stage, and four at the end of the main stage. It stood tall, with a diameter of . The sustainer motor, located ahead of the warhead (rather than behind, as is more usual) exhausted through six venturis between the first stage fins.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rheintochter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.