R4M
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R4M, abbreviation for Rakete 4 Kilogramm Minenkopf, also known by the nickname Orkan due to its distinctive smoke trail when fired, was a folding-fin air-to-air rocket used by the Luftwaffe at the end
R4M "Orkan" on display at the German Museum of Technology
Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Technikmuseum Speyer, Germany
Me 262 with R4M underwing rockets on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, United States
A B-24 shot down by Rudolf Rademacher with the R4M
Messerschmitt Me 262
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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircra
R4M
…air-to-air rocket used by the Luftwaffe at the end of World War II. The R4M was used on several late war German combat aircraft, most notably the Messerschmitt Me 262, and could be fired from open ramps under aircraft wings or from tubes inside under-wing rocket pods. It featured a high capacity "mine shell" equivalent…
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a late production model
Hans Guido Mutke's Me 262 A-1a/R7 on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
Me 262 cockpit
Me 262 A-1a on display at RAF Cosford.