262A-1 vs.262A-2

[Cthulhu]

R4M's were very small rockets with an explosive charge, with a trajectory similar to a MK108's 30mm round according to what I've read. It wasn't an airburst rocket like the WGr.21, however 1 or 2 hits from the weapon were enough to bring down a bomber.
They were generally used like a shotgun from 600-800 yards as Krusty suggested. Still extremely deadly weapons. And they didn't have the extremely heavy, draggy stovepipes that the WGr.21 requires.

I think the Me 262A-2 was capable of carrying a pair of WGr.21's, though...

Motherland is absolutely correct. R4M's would be absolutely devastating.   No cool launcher like a Dog Sabre, but nonetheless very effective.

I'd love to see an X-4 option as well. They were never operational (officially), never even tested on 262's, and I seriously doubt a 262 pilot could hit a damned thing with one, but it sure would be fun to try! 

[lyric1]

http://stormbirds.com/warbirds/index.html

[AWwrgwy]

Motherland is absolutely correct. R4M's would be absolutely devastating.   No cool launcher like a Dog Sabre, but nonetheless very effective.

RM4 Air-to-air missile

I'd love to see an X-4 option as well. They were never operational (officially), never even tested on 262's, and I seriously doubt a 262 pilot could hit a damned thing with one, but it sure would be fun to try! 

Approximately 1000-1300 airframes had been finished at Ruhrstahl's Brackwede factory by early 1945, and were awaiting their rocket motors, when the BMW facility at Stargard was bombed, destroying all the finished BMW 109-548 rocket engines. This missile was intended to be issued in numbers to the Luftwaffe by the early Spring of 1945, but the bombing of the BMW rocket engine factory, and the war's end prevented the combat use of the world's first guided air-to-air missile.

wrongway

[Cthulhu]

Thanks for the visual aids WW    

BTW, read about the liquid fuel delivery system on the X-4. Kinda different.