Hs 293 on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin, Germany, with added "Kopfring" (lit. "head ring") on the nose for nautical targets
Type
Anti-ship glide bomb
Place of origin
Nazi Germany
Service history
In service
1943–1945
Used by
Luftwaffe
Wars
World War II
Production history
Designed
1940–1943
Manufacturer
Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG
Produced
1942 - ?
No. built
1,000
Specifications
Mass
1,045 kilograms (2,304 lb)
Length
3.82 metres (12.5 ft)
Width
3.1 metres (10 ft)
Diameter
0.47 metres (1.5 ft)
Warhead
explosive
Warhead weight
295 kilograms (650 lb)
Engine
liquid-propellant rocket HWK 109-507 motor, 5.9 kN (1,300 lbf) thrust for 10 s; subsequently glided to target
Operational range
at 2.2 kilometres (7,200 ft) altitude: 4 kilometres (13,000 ft) at 4 kilometres (13,000 ft) altitude: 5.5 kilometres (18,000 ft) at 5 kilometres (16,000 ft) altitude: 8.5 kilometres (28,000 ft)
Maximum speed
maximum: 260 metres per second (850 ft/s) average: 230 metres per second (750 ft/s)
Guidance system
Kehl-Strassburg FuG 203/230; MCLOS using a joystick
The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb. It is the first operational anti-shipping missile, first used unsuccessfully on 25 August 1943 and then with increasing success over the next year, ultimately damaging or sinking at least 25 ships. Allied efforts to jam the radio control link were increasingly successful despite German efforts to counter them. The weapon remained in use through 1944 when it was also used as an air-to-ground weapon to attack bridges to prevent the Allied breakout after D-Day, but proved almost useless in this role.
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