Service Data:
In Service: 1943 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer:
Number built: 380
Technical Data:
Type: Nebelwerfer
Calibre: 30 cm
Length: 2.19 m
Weight: 1,800 kg
Breech: electrically fired
Recoil:
Carriage: box trail
Elevation: +13° 30 to +45°
Traverse: 22� 30
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 230 m/s
Effective range: 4,550 m
Shell Weight: 50.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
30 cm Raketenwerfer 56
30 cm Nebelwerfer 42
Other: Rocket Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 30 cm Nebelwerfer 42 (30 cm Nb.Wf 42) was a six barreled
multiple rocket launcher mounted on a two wheeled carriage
converted from the launcher for the
28/32
cm Nebelwerfer 41 by changing the open metal launcher
frame. And fired a 30 cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng missile
that was spin stabilised electrically fired. The crews of
these weapons could only fire once because smoke trails marked
the firing location, making it relatively easy for the enemy
to shoot back. Counter-battery fire was thus a serious issue
for rocket units
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German Rocket Launchers in WWII
ISBN-10: 0887402402
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
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