German rocket launchers
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German rocket launchers
Hi all,
I start this new thread to collect information and pictures about various german rocket launchers of WW2:
Here, two images from Ebay: I think 28-32cm sWuG 40 launchers
Sturm78
I start this new thread to collect information and pictures about various german rocket launchers of WW2:
Here, two images from Ebay: I think 28-32cm sWuG 40 launchers
Sturm78
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Re: German rocket launchers
..another tread with ebaypictures..I start this new thread to collect information and pictures about various german rocket launchers of WW2:

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And that's a bad thing ?stril wrote:..another tread with ebaypictures..I start this new thread to collect information and pictures about various german rocket launchers of WW2:![]()
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sWG40 indeed (wooden mounting frame - Wurfgestell 40) with the possible types of casing for the rockets themselves: wooden frame on the 1st picture and steel frame on the 2nd.Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,
I start this new thread to collect information and pictures about various german rocket launchers of WW2:
Here, two images from Ebay: I think 28-32cm sWuG 40 launchers
Sturm78
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Its just my opinion. Cant understand why one should have loads of ebaytreads. Why not keep them in one tread.And that's a bad thing ?
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Hi all,
Two other images of the 28-32cm sWuG 40 launcher:
Images from Ebay
Sturm78
See also http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... r#p1599162
Two other images of the 28-32cm sWuG 40 launcher:
Images from Ebay
Sturm78
See also http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... r#p1599162
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Nice pictures, Sturm78.
There is a small wire on the top picture that goes from a small wooden pole to each rocket and at least to another pole. Is it the ignition wire?
Emmanuel
There is a small wire on the top picture that goes from a small wooden pole to each rocket and at least to another pole. Is it the ignition wire?
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Yes, it's the Gluehzuendkette - four igniters with different delay trains, launching a rocket every 2 s after a single electrical impulse.
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Thank you very much, Grzesio.
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Hi all,
Some images of 15cm Nebelwerfer 41 rocket launchers:
Images from EBay
Sturm78
Some images of 15cm Nebelwerfer 41 rocket launchers:
Images from EBay
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Hi all,
Two images from EBay: 15cm Nebelwerfer 41
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Two images from EBay: 15cm Nebelwerfer 41
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Fliegerfaust
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Amazing!
Where this particular launcher comes from?
It seems to be complete, as opposed to the Moscow example.

Where this particular launcher comes from?
It seems to be complete, as opposed to the Moscow example.
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It's in my collection at the US Army Air Defense Artillery Museum.
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Do you know the history (war and postwar) of this launcher?
I've never expected there was second Luftfaust preserved (except of a poor copy in the US).
I've never expected there was second Luftfaust preserved (except of a poor copy in the US).