In
Service: to
First Flight: Manufacturer: Henschel
Number built: 1,900 All variants
Type: Anti-ship Missiles
Guidance system:
remote control / wire link
Length: 3.82 m
Wingspan: 3.1
m
Diameter: 0.47 m
Weight: 1,045 kg
Engine: 1
×
Walter
HWK 109-507B liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 590 kg of thrust
Maximum speed: 435 km/h
Range: 12 km
Warhead: 295
kg
Fuze: impact fuse
Launch Platform:
Do 217,
He 111,
He
177,
Fw 200,
Ju 290 Operators:
Luftwaffe
Variants: Hs
293A Hs 293B
Hs 293C
Hs 293 C-1
Hs 293 C-2
Hs 293 C-3
Hs 293 C-4
Hs
293D Hs 293E
Hs
293F Hs 293H
Other: Missiles Articles:
The Henschel
Hs 293C was a anti-ship missile Designed and developed by
Henschel
und Sohn in 1939 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Herbert
Alois Wagner.
The Henschel Hs 293C was intended to be deployed against
Allied shipping.
Continued development of the
Henschel
Hs 293 A-1 led to the development of the Henschel Hs 293C which had an enlarged
nosecone, and was designed to travel submerged to hit target ships below the waterline.
It's not clear whether the wings were designed to break off on impact with the
Sea.
The Henschel Hs 293C used the same engines 1 ×
Walter
HWK 109-507B liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 590 kg of thrust, alternatively
the
BMW 109-511 liquid
fuel rocket engine producing up to 600 kg or
WASAG
109-512 solid fuel rocket engine producing up to 1,200 kg of thrust and control
systems, Kehl-Straßburg (designed and developed by Telefunken), Dortmund/Duisburg,
as
Henschel Hs 293 A-1 this
weapon was never used operationally.
The Henschel Hs 293C led to the
development of the
Hs 294
The Warplanes
of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second
World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
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