Anty-Ship missiles for AH

[Saintaw]

Was at a friends place yesterday (he got some 30+ video tapes on aerial warfare... from WWII to today's display of new toys) and,no, I'm not going to comment on the 4h of WWII dogfights I saw. They just briefly talked about a German Anty Ship missile fitted under Bombers that were "Effective" at the end of the war.

After watching 4 hours + of those I had no more brain, and I forgot it's name, if someone here knows about this... would you be kind enough... thank you.

PS: Would love to see those moddeled in AH, get rid of em stinkin' ships

[tofri]

It was the PC1400 aka Fritz-X.
But it was no rocket but gliding bomb. It had smoke trails to help the operator to lead the bomb into the target.
It was first used 8. August 1943 and sunk the Italian BB Roma and damaged the Italia. On allied side the destroyer Janus was sunk and the BB Savannah and two cruisers damaged.
On few occasion it was used also against land targets.


Not  that is not Kurt Tank

[Wilbus]

There was also the Hs 293. More of missile then a gliding bomb.

Hs 293

[whgates3]

there was also the USAAF VB-1 "Azon" guided bomb - 1000lbs, 1st used March 1944. not specificly an anti shipping munition (seems it was mostly used against bridges), but an effective, production, guided bomb.

more at http://home.att.net/~oldchinahands/azon_bomb.htm
also good stuff on fritz & Hs293 at (including fritz-x sinking the italian BB Roma) http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/am99/Paveway.html

[Staga]

Of course then AH needs a plane which was used to carry those guided bombs, usually He-177 Greif or Do-217  

[niceshotz]

i can move planes but not tanks or cars..i am using keyboard!!:confused:

[Wilbus]

I think you're in the wrong thread

Otherwise just start engine, push Q and W to change gears then push stick forward, now stop hijacking.

[Saintaw]

<3y old mode>
I want I want I want!!!!

[Wilbus]

Go to bed! No dinner for you boy!

[Samm]

Yep that would be cool, maybe as perk ordnance .

[Charon]

How about some fire and forget?

The Bat was one of the most sophisticated U.S. missiles of World War II. The Bat was a glide bomb carried by a Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber or other aircraft and was designed to destroy ships and off-shore enemy targets.

It was not rocket-propelled but is still considered an early guided missile because it employed a radar homing device which guided the missile to its target. Visual contact with the target was not required. Like a bat, after whom it was named, the missile transmitted pulses and listened for their reflections from the target.

The Bat was launched from its carrier aircraft flying as high as 15-25,000 feet and was released when within a 15-20 mile range of its target. The Bat carried a 1,000 lb General Purpose (GP) bomb warhead. The Bat was steered by controllable tail elevator driven by autopilot servo motors linked to small wind-driven generators and to the radar guidance system.

The missile also had fixed wings and was also gyo-stabilized. The Privateer carried two Bat missiles underneath each wing rack. The launching speed of the parent aircraft was 140-210 knots. Western Electric Co. was responsible for the radar and Bendix Aviation Corp. for the gyro...

Development of the Bat was supervised by the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with the National Bureau of Standards in charge of the overall development. MIT's Dr. Hugh L. Dryden later won the Presidental Certificate of Merit for the development of the Bat. Flight tests were conducted at the Naval Air Ordnance Test Station at Chincoteague Island, Va.

The Bat eventually saw combat service from May, 1945, off Borneo and destroyed several Japanese ships including a destroyer sunk at a 20 mile range. Several Bat missiles were also fitted with modified radar systems and destroyed Japanese-held bridges in Burma and other areas. The Bat was also designated ASM-N-2 and Swod (Mk 9 Mod 0 and 1). Thousands of Bat missiles were produced and went through several modifications.

Charon

[Pongo]

Wow..cool thread.
what is that thing suave?

[Soulyss]

After watching 4 hours + of those I had no more brain

...................no no no......... I'll leave it alone.... it's just too easy......

[Saintaw]

[Samm]

If I remember correctly it's a Vought ra6 ramjet attack missle on an f4u4, 1946 .