Wilhelm Schmidding

Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was a World War II constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna).[1]

Entry to the Schmiddingwerke in Hanover

Engines

• Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel fitted to the Henschel Hs 293H anti-ship missile.
• Schmidding 109-533, four jettisonable RATO (1.200 kp, 11,768 kN, 10 seconds) fitted to the Bachem Ba 349 point defence vertical takeoff (VTO) interceptor.
• Schmidding 109-543, rocket motor for the Henschel Hs 298 guided bomb.
• Schmidding 109-553, Solid-fuel rocket booster used for the Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.[2]
• Schmidding 109-563, RATOG booster.
• Schmidding 109-573, underwater propulsion gas generator.
• Schmidding 109-593, RATOG booster.
• Schmidding 109-603, fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile.

Applications

• Bachem Ba 349
• Henschel Hs 117
• Henschel Hs 293H variant
• Henschel Hs 298
• Ruhrstahl X-4
• Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust[3]
• Zeppelin Rammer

References

1. Manfred Griehl & Joachim Dressel, Die Deutschen Raketenflugzeuge 1935-19455: Die Entwicklung einer umwalzenden Technik, Weltbild, ISBN 3613012766
2. Geschichte der modernen Raketenentwicklung - Henschel (in German)
3. Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Ground Attack & Special Purpose Aircraft. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857801507

External links

• Planewrecks (dead link)
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