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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]
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
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