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During World War II, Germany developed many missile systems, some of which were extremely advanced.

These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles.

Contents 1 Organisations 2 People 3 List of missiles 3.1 Surface-to-Surface missiles 3.2 Surface-to-Air missiles 3.3 Air-to-Air missiles 3.4 Anti-ship missiles 4 See also

[edit] Organisations

• Peenemünde rocket test site

[edit] People

• Wernher von Braun
• Walter Dornberger
• Walter Thiel

[edit] List of missiles

[edit] Surface-to-Surface missiles

Both the V1 and V2 were used operationally, against London and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp.

• V-1 flying bomb
• V-2 rocket
• Rheinbote
• A4b

[edit] Surface-to-Air missiles

Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were ever used operationally:

• Enzian
• Rheintochter (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
• Wasserfall missile
• Schmetterling (an air-to-air variant was also planned)

[edit] Air-to-Air missiles

• X-4 missile (anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)

[edit] Anti-ship missiles

German Anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea:

• Fritz X anti-ship missile
• Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb

[edit] See also

• List of military aircraft of Germany
• List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
• List of RLM aircraft designations
• List of missiles