Henschel Hs 294
The Henschel Hs 294 was a remote-controlled air torpedo used to combat ship targets in World War II.
The construction was based on the Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb . However, two liquid rocket motors Walter HWK 109-507 should be used with the Hs 294 . As an anti-ship missile , it was dropped from a carrier aircraft over the target area and guided to the target by means of target coverage. Unlike the Hs 293, the Hs 294 was supposed to plunge into the water 300 to 400 m from the target, whereby the wings and the fuselage with the engines should break off at predetermined breaking points. The warhead should then reach its target underwater in a cavitation bubble formed by the bow at around 230 km / h.
There are no known detectable sinkings with this weapon. A total of 100 to 120 pieces were built.
Technical specifications
- First flight: 1941
- Body diameter: 620 mm
- Length: 6114 mm
- Weight: 2170 kg
- Drive: 2 × HWK 109-507D
- Thrust: 1300 kp
- Warhead: 630 kg
- Span: 4025 mm
See also
literature
- Bruno Lange: Type manual of German aviation technology. Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1987, ISBN 3-7637-5284-6 .
- Heinz J. Nowarra : The German Air Armament 1933-1945. Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-8289-5315-8 .
- Roger Ford: The German Secret Weapons of World War II. Dörfler / Nebel, Eggolsheim 2003, ISBN 3-89555-087-6 .
- Fritz Trenkle : The German radio control process until 1945. Hüthig, Heidelberg 1987, ISBN 3-7785-1465-2 .
- Rudolf Lusar: The German weapons and secret weapons of the 2nd world war and their further development. Lehmann, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-469-00296-7 .
- German explosive ordnance. Vol. 1, Washington 1946, Dissberger, Düsseldorf 1984, ISBN 3-924753-03-2 (on OP 1666. Translation of the quotations by Anke. The drawing is also taken from this work.)