Fritz X
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Fritz X was a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Developed alongside the Henschel Hs 293, Fritz X was one of the first precision guided weapons deployed in combat. Fritz X wa
Fritz X guided bomb
American drawing of the PC 1400 armour-piercing bomb, the basis for the Fritz X PGM
Fritz X schematic
Annotated still from a 1946 USAAF-published film on Fritz X showing the location of control spoilers and autonomous roll gyro
Henschel Hs 293
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The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb. It is the first operational anti-shipping missile, first used unsuccessfully on 25 August 1943 and then with increasing success o
Fritz X
…Fritz X was a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Developed alongside the Henschel Hs 293, Fritz X was one of the first precision guided weapons deployed in combat. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternative…
Hs 293 on display at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin, Germany, with added "Kopfring" (lit. "head ring") on the nose for nautical targets
A schematic drawing of a Hs 293
The Walter 109-507 rocket motor unit with propellant tanks, removed from its nacelle under the Hs 293
An Hs 293 A-1 on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center