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Title: Anybody know what this is??
Post by: WhiteHawk on February 17, 2003, 12:24:59 PM

Sorry, no picture just a description.  Was watching the
history cahnnel the other nite about the battle of the bulge, and
 definately saw a MRL.  Multiple rocket launcher.  It was a
half-track looking thing used by the germans, with a 24 tube
(8wide x 3 deep) rack mounted on the back?  If anybody
knows or has a picture, can u please post?  Mybe HTC will
bring us one of these some day.

Title: Anybody know what this is??
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on February 17, 2003, 01:13:43 PM

Sounds like this one. http://www.qt.org/worldwar/weapons/germany/heer/pnzrwerfer.html

Oh, missed the 3x8 part. It sounds like a mod of the above, 24 8cm rockets (copy of captured russian Katyusha) called R-Vielfachwerfer. Only the Waffen-SS had these (the wehrmacht wouldn't let the SS have any of their nebelwerfers.
I got pictures of it in some of my books, but can't find a good one on the net.

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Title: Anybody know what this is??
Post by: Dr Zhivago on February 17, 2003, 01:26:26 PM

Opel Maultier , Waffen SS used this 80mm 24 tube rocket launcher while Wehrmacht got 150mm 10 tube version... more pics and some info from here...
Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier in Action (http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/german/swwerfer/swwerfer.htm)

Title: Anybody know what this is??
Post by: WhiteHawk on February 18, 2003, 02:03:15 PM

Tnx guys.  Very nice zhivago.  A Division of these attacking an
airfield would be nice addition to AH imho.

Title: Anybody know what this is??
Post by: Fridaddy on February 19, 2003, 09:18:29 PM

The german rockets whistled as they went out. It is my understanding this was the origin of the term "screeming-meme"