German AShM armed warships WW2?
How possible was it to have a anti-ship missile during WW2? My thinking was to have a V1 missile on the aircraft catapult with the Fritz X guide system. The missile would then be guided by either...
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On the subject of missile firing WWII German warships there was also apparently the suggestion of Type XXI U-boats towing waterproof V2 silos/pods across the a Atlantic to fire at the USA.So link for...
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It appears some posters have been watching the 'Hysteria channel' regarding Germany super weapons/UFO/occult/moonbases etc. One brit newspaper did claim that a Uboat had been found on the moon. 'Sea...
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...or, they've read Charlie Stross's Atrocity Archives thinking it was non-fiction.
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Ok... the Radio Guidance systems discussed here all pretty much require you to be able to see the Target to guide the Rocket Launched Glide Bomb [Fritz X] or a modified V-1 to the Target. A KGV or...
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ctwaterman wrote:Ok... the Radio Guidance systems discussed here all pretty much require you to be able to see the Target to guide the Rocket Launched Glide Bomb [Fritz X] or a modified V-1 to the...
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spiffingchap wrote:Chris Pat wrote:Why bother with Bat? Azon? Which were used to do, what, against ships? It's of course in the interests of the other powers to keep up with technological developments...
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spiffingchap wrote:Paul Lakowski wrote:Actually no we don't. One of the things we do on this forum is compare notes and build consensus. If you have nothing to contribute in that area, then remain...
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Civ101 wrote:On the subject of missile firing WWII German warships there was also apparently the suggestion of Type XXI U-boats towing waterproof V2 silos/pods across the a Atlantic to fire at the...
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Civ101 wrote: On the subject of missile firing WWII German warships there was also apparently the suggestion of Type XXI U-boats towing waterproof V2 silos/pods across the a Atlantic to fire at the...
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DCJ wrote:ctwaterman wrote:Ok... the Radio Guidance systems discussed here all pretty much require you to be able to see the Target to guide the Rocket Launched Glide Bomb [Fritz X] or a modified V-1...
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I'll just throw in Project Aphrodite as well. That is AFAIK the biggest missile of WWII, Bat probably the most modern in concept and Fido and its successors the most successful. Looking pretty good...
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JBren1 wrote:spiffingchap wrote:Chris Pat wrote:Why bother with Bat? Azon? Which were used to do, what, against ships? It's of course in the interests of the other powers to keep up with technological...
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First paragraph - It sank them from up to twenty miles off at no risk to the launch ac. Which you could find quite easily if you were interested in learning rather than preaching. "Bat missile ship" -...
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Some merchantmen and one sloop, right at the end of the war. Not suited to anything, just the best weapons they could make. The strengths and weaknesses of the type are decided by basically...
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Nope, the strength is delivering a 1,000lb bomb (that was in the wiki article) from outside AA gun range, the weakness is the cost of the delivery system that gets destroyed in doing it successfully...
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Dropping the same weapons you could before for a bit less cost or risk is a quantitative, not qualitative change in capability. Germany went from being impotent against capital ships like Warspite or...
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ChrisPat wrote:DCJ wrote:ctwaterman wrote:Ok... the Radio Guidance systems discussed here all pretty much require you to be able to see the Target to guide the Rocket Launched Glide Bomb [Fritz X] or...
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Why would the Germans particularly worry about which ship of a thousand or so they hit? As long as the guidance system doesn't get so confused it dithers itself into killing a seagull, it's a net...
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ctwaterman wrote: Actually I did read the huge part about Radar Guidance I dont recall Germany having developed that level or Radar Guidance That would be why I said just that; an active radar V-1...
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spiffingchap wrote:Germany went from being impotent against capital ships like Warspite or Roma (at that stage), to being able to severely damage them, not just in principle, but repeatedly in...
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