The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 was a wire-guided air-to-air missile designed by Germany during World War II. The X-4 did not see...
10 KB (1,335 words) - 02:47, 2 April 2024
Ruhrstahl X-7 "Rotkäppchen" (German: Rotkäppchen, lit. 'Little Red Riding Hood') also known as Kramer X-7 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 347 was a German wire-guided...
4 KB (442 words) - 03:32, 5 November 2024
worked for the Ruhrstahl AG steel and armaments corporation. He was responsible for the construction of the Fritz X and the Ruhrstahl X-4 missiles (1943-1945)...
6 KB (791 words) - 17:23, 4 September 2024
in combat. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternative names include Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X or FX...
24 KB (3,130 words) - 14:55, 19 November 2024
prototypes such as the Ruhrstahl X-4. The US Navy and US Air Force began equipping guided missiles in 1956, deploying the USAF's AIM-4 Falcon and the USN's...
53 KB (5,814 words) - 14:09, 21 November 2024
canopy, and to be armed with two or four 30 mm (1.2 in) MK 108 cannons, Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missiles, or both. By the time an American infantry unit...
14 KB (1,865 words) - 23:53, 15 October 2024
operationally: Henschel Hs 298 Ruhrstahl X-4 (actively wire-guided; anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7) Anti-ship missiles were...
5 KB (492 words) - 11:48, 6 November 2024
fuselage, possibly allowing for other armament packages such as the Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided missile. Multhopp's team also seriously explored a second...
17 KB (2,140 words) - 23:53, 15 October 2024
112 MK 115 MK 214A cannon SG 116 (Link is to german wikipedia page) Ruhrstahl X-4 Jagdfaust List of weapons of World War II Japanese aircraft Schräge...
5 KB (424 words) - 18:10, 17 August 2024
Rheintochter "Rhinedaughter" – a manually guided surface-to-air missile. Ruhrstahl X-4 – a wire-guided liquid-fueled air-to-air missile intended to be usable...
24 KB (2,836 words) - 15:37, 17 November 2024
wings. Number built: 1,000 Humber Hornet – (United Kingdom, Australia) Ruhrstahl X-4 – (Nazi Germany) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malkara missiles...
5 KB (513 words) - 13:49, 28 April 2024
display at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Fritz X Henschel Hs 293 Ruhrstahl X-4 Azon VB-6 Felix McDonnell LBD-1 Gargoyle Project Pigeon GB-8...
10 KB (993 words) - 06:55, 4 September 2024
understood by Israeli tank crews. AGM-12 Bullpup Azon Fritz X Henschel Hs 117, Hs 293 Ruhrstahl X-4 Wasserfall SS.11 ENTAC Malkara Blowpipe missile AT-1 Snapper...
3 KB (475 words) - 21:53, 27 March 2024
tank missile derived from the Ruhrstahl X-4 air to air missile concept in the closing years of World War II. Known as the X-7, it was probably never used...
19 KB (2,219 words) - 11:48, 25 August 2024
1930, rejected by Reichswehr licensed to Czechoslovakia as Avia 46 Ruhrstahl X-4 - air-to-air missile (rocket-powered) (Rumpler Flugzeugwerke) Rumpler...
67 KB (7,942 words) - 18:08, 17 August 2024
solid-fuel rocket) 109-448 BMW-built liquid-fuel rocket, intended for the Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile 109-500 Walter, self-contained Starthilfe...
12 KB (1,694 words) - 18:16, 17 August 2024
Space & Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Ruhrstahl X-4, the similar-appearance wire-guided air-to-air missile design of Nazi...
8 KB (720 words) - 01:47, 29 January 2024
the German Army began experimenting with modified versions of the Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided missile. Originally developed for the Luftwaffe as an anti-bomber...
81 KB (8,397 words) - 19:17, 19 November 2024
method of attacking bombers became the standard and mass deployment of Ruhrstahl X-4 guided missiles was cancelled. Some nicknamed this tactic the Luftwaffe's...
98 KB (12,269 words) - 06:10, 12 November 2024
Messerschmitt Me 262 variants (section A-4, A-5)
carried on wooden racks. /R8, R110BS air-to-air rocket installation. /R9, Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile installation. The need for a jet-powered trainer...
32 KB (4,143 words) - 00:36, 22 September 2024
(surplus guns on excess carriages of 17 cm Kanone 18) 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) – captured from Russian Obice da 210/22 – produced under German control after...
81 KB (2,847 words) - 06:47, 4 November 2024
weapons of World War II Ruhrstahl X-4 - Max Kramer's air-to-air guided missile Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Project Pigeon LBD-1 Gargoyle GB-1 GB-4 GT-1 (missile) http://www...
2 KB (185 words) - 06:14, 9 February 2024
University of Cambridge Max Kramer (1903–1986), German scientist, developed Ruhrstahl X-4 missile (1943–1945) Michael Kramer (astronomer) (born 1967), German...
17 KB (2,128 words) - 21:42, 15 November 2024
V-2 rocket Enzian Wasserfall Ruhrstahl X-4 Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling Rheinbote Rheintochter Henschel Hs 293 Fritz X Feuerlilie Aris AA missile system...
90 KB (5,506 words) - 19:52, 13 November 2024
800 ft/min) Armament Guns: 2 × 30 mm (1.18 in) MK 108 cannon Missiles: 3 × Ruhrstahl X-4 Air to Air Missile (Optional) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
3 KB (390 words) - 02:26, 26 October 2024
Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-010-X. Swanborough, Gordon; Peter, Bowers (1990). US Navy Aircraft Since 1911. Putnam...
98 KB (974 words) - 00:00, 5 November 2024
fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile. Bachem Ba 349 Henschel Hs 117 Henschel Hs 293H variant Henschel Hs 298 Ruhrstahl X-4 Zeppelin Fliegende...
3 KB (213 words) - 19:10, 11 December 2022
traced their development history to WWII-era German experiments with the Ruhrstahl X-4 in the anti-tank role. These used spoilerons as controls, with limited...
28 KB (4,019 words) - 02:43, 2 April 2024
rocket-propelled interceptor; Rheintochter-1 anti-aircraft missile; Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air wire-controlled missile; Enzian E-1 3,150-lb missile; Henschel...
7 KB (702 words) - 10:02, 24 October 2024