Wasserfall
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Key facts
- Weapon.image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 141-1898, Peenemünde, Start Fla-Rakete "Wasserfall".jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- test at Peenemünde, autumn 1944
- Weapon.type
- Surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.origin
- Germany
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.detonation
- Manual detonation or proximity fuse
- Weapon.engine
- Liquid-propellant rocket motor
- Weapon.guidance
- Manual command to line of sight (MCLOS); operator used a radio command link to steer the missile along the optical line of sight from launch point to target
- Weapon.propellant
- Initially Salbei (Nitric Acid) as oxidiser, later changed to Mixed Acid (90% Nitric Acid 10% Sulphuric Acid). Initially Visol as fuel, later changed to Optoline.
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Fixed
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- surface-to-air missile
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Manufacturer
- Peenemünde
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 141-1898, Peenemünde, Start Fla-Rakete "Wasserfall".jpg
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- Wasserfall rockets
- guidance system
- command guidance
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Article · Español
El Wasserfall (catarata en alemán) fue un misil antiaéreo (SAM) desarrollado durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial por el Tercer Reich. No llegó a estar operativo y su proyecto fue cancelado en febrero de 1945. Luego de la guerra, el Wasserfall sirvió de base para desarrollar el misil estadounidense Hermes y para el programa de investigación soviético denominado R-101.
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