The Henschel Hs 297 Föhn or 7.3 cm Raketen Sprenggranate was a small German surface-to-air rocket of the Second World War. The associated multiple rocket launcher was known as the 7.3 cm Föhn-Gerät.
A Föhn-Gerät rocket projector captured by US troops clearly shows the origin of its occasionally used nickname of "Beercrate flak".
Henschel Hs 297 on display at the Swedish Army Museum in Stockholm, Sweden
Side-view of the rocket launcher
7.3 cm Raketen Sprenggranate
Henschel & Son was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured f
Henschel Hs 297
…Anti-aircraft rocket Place of origin Nazi Germany Service history In service 1943-1945 Used by Nazi Germany Wars World War II Production history Designer Henschel Manufacturer Henschel Produced 1943-1945 Specifications Barrel length .78 m (2 ft 7 in) Width .58 m (1 ft 11 in) Height .81 m (2 ft 8 in) Crew 1 Shell…
Steam locomotive built by Henschel & Son in 1936, at the São Paulo Technology Museum, in Brazil
Bond of Henschel & Sohn, issued February 1920
Henschel built (1941) 4-6-4 VR Class Pr2 steam locomotive (no. 1800) at Haapamäki Steam Locomotive Museum in Keuruu, Finland
A Tiger I is loaded onto a special rail car at the Henschel plant.