In
Service: to
First Flight: Manufacturer: Henschel
Number built: 1,900 All variants
Type: Anti-ship Missiles
Guidance system:
television guidance
Length: 4.5 m
Wingspan: 3.1 m
Diameter:
0.47 m
Weight: 1,345 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 Operators:
Luftwaffe
Variants: Hs
293A Hs 293B
Hs 293C Hs 293D
Hs 293E
Hs 293F
Hs 293H Other:
Missiles Articles: The Henschel Hs 293D 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 293D was intended to be deployed against
Allied shipping.
Continued development of the standard
Henschel
Hs 293 A-1 led to the development of the Henschel Hs 293D which had an enlarged
nosecone, to allow for the installation of a Tonne A nose camera, other modifications
included Yagi aerial, which was fitted at the rear of the missile. The entire
television guidance system was put together by Fernesh GmbH, under the guidance
of Dr Weiss. The Henschel Hs 293D 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.
Testing the Henschel Hs 293D was achieved by using
Do
217,
He 111 as carrier
aircraft which were then modified to carry a Yagi aerial and Seedorf receiver
equipment, actual testing began early in 1944, against a wreck lying off the coast
of
Karlshagen. Dr.-Ing. Herbert
Alois Wagner took the position of the bomb aimer throughout most of the testing
however testing did not go as planned. Dr.-Ing. Wagner
stated that he was inexperienced as a bomb aimer, and also suggested that the
lack of indoor simulators, hampered the progress of testing. This weapon was not
used operationally.
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
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