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Surface-to-air missile
Rheintochter
A Rheintochter R1 missile on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Type
Surface-to-air missile
Place of origin
Germany
Production history
Designed
1942-1943
Manufacturer
Rheinmetall-Borsig
Specifications
Length
6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Warhead weight
136 kg (300 lb)
Propellant
multi-stage solid fuel
Rheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig[1] 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.[1] It had four small 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.[1] It stood 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) tall, with a diameter of 54 cm (1 ft 9 in).[1] The sustainer motor, located ahead of the 136 kg (300 lb) warhead (rather than behind, as is more usual) exhausted through six venturis between the first stage fins.[1]
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ISBN 978-3-86674-012-9. ——; Steinhardt, Dodo; Steinhardt-Böttcher, Barbara (2008). Drei Rheintöchter (in German). Bouvier. ISBN 978-3-416-03234-6. —— (2010). Verzockt! (in...
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