German Secret Weapons of World War II: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons, and New Technology of the Third Reich

German Secret Weapons of World War II: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons, and New Technology of the Third Reich

by Ian V. Hogg
German Secret Weapons of World War II: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons, and New Technology of the Third Reich

German Secret Weapons of World War II: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons, and New Technology of the Third Reich

by Ian V. Hogg

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Overview

Hitler’s regime was notorious for its many experiments and its various secret ploys, weapons, and technological developments. But typically, the term “secret German weapons” only turns up images of the V-1 and V-2 missiles that played a part in bombing London in 1944. But truth be told, there were many more unheard of weapons behind the Third Reich. Many of these weapons have been unknown to the general public.

Here, one of the world’s leading experts on weaponry, reveals the sheer magnitude of Hitler’s secret weapon projects, from the V-3 and the V-4 missiles, to the Schmetterling, to the German nuclear bomb, and more. This detailed account of the myths surrounding secret German weapons examines the various fields the Germans concentrated on during their weapon development process and discusses difficulties that arrived in the process and how, in many cases, the ideas were exploited by other nations.

German Secret Weapons of the Second World War draws comparisons between similar Allied projects and narrates the deeper purpose behind many of these projects. Many of these developments were not completed before the end of the war, but have created a solid foundation for many of today’s great military developments.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510703599
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 04/12/2016
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ian V. Hogg was a notable British author of several books on firearms, artillery, and ammunition, as well as various biographies of famous generals. During his career he wrote, co-wrote, or co-edited about 150 books. He was a frequent guest on the History Channel’s Tales of the Gun and was regarded as "one of the most objective researchers on firearms and their origins.” He lived in the United Kingdom until his death in 2002.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs 7

List of Line Drawings 8

Introduction 9

The V Weapons 17

Vergeltungswaffe 1 17

Reichenberg 27

Vergeltungswaffe 2 28

The A4 design 34

The High Pressure Pump 43

V-4? 51

Aircraft 52

Messerschmitt 163 52

The Luftwaffe's Viper 53

Dornier's Arrow 56

New bombers 57

Jet engines 58

Messerschmitt 262 59

Arado 234 59

The People's Fighter 60

Air-Launched Weapons 62

Recoilless guns 62

Gerät 104 and Sondergerät 113A 64

Bordwaffen 66

Air-to-ground rockets 68

Firtz-X 69

Henschel 293 72

Hs 293 variants 75

Other Henschel designs 80

Anti-ship weapons 83

Hagelkorn 85

Mistel 86

Air-to-air weapons 88

Kurt, Germany's Dambuster? 93

Air Defence Weapons 95

Bigger and better guns 95

All wind and noise 97

Electric power 98

Anti-aircraft rockets 100

Anti-aircraft missiles 102

Enzian 110

Rheintochter 116

Feuerlilie 120

Artillery 123

The taper-bore guns 123

Gustav and Dora 127

Adam, Eve, Odin, Thor, Loki and Ziu 146

K5 Glatt; the 150km cannon 148

K12; the cross-Channel gun 152

Small shells for big guns 154

Rocket artillery 158

The Röchling shell 162

Other aspects of ammunition design 163

The Sea War 172

Torpedoes 174

New U-Boats 175

Fast attack craft 175

Midget submarines 176

Nuclear and Chemical Warfare 178

The nuclear bomb 178

Chemical warfare 183

Biological warfare 190

Appendices

1 The Special List 192

2 German Code Names 199

Index 219

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