In Service: 1943 to 1945
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Henschel
Number built:
Type: Air-to-Air Missiles
Guidance system: radio controlled
Length: 4.30 m
Wingspan: 2 m
Diameter: 0.35 m
Weight: 325 kg
Engine: 1 ×
BMW
109-558 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 375
kg of thrust
Maximum speed: 900 km/h
Range: 32 km
Warhead: 25 kg
Fuze: proximity
Launch Platform: Do
217,
Ju
188,
Ju
388
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Hs 117
Hs 117H
Other: Missiles
Articles:
The Henschel Hs 117H was a air to air missile. Designed and
developed by
Henschel
und Sohn in 1941 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing.
Herbert
Alois Wagner.
The Henschel Hs 117H was launched from one of the following
Do 217,
Ju 188,
or
Ju
388 once launched the missiles rocket engine would kick
in which was a
BMW
109-558 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to 375
kg of thrust, an alternative main engine could be used, which
was the
Walter
109-729. An automatic system was employed to ensure that
the missile flew at its correct, Mac number and that the correct
airspeed was obtained.
The Henschel Hs 117H sighting of the missile was by the standard
Revi reflector. the missile was controlled by a line of sight
The control link was along similar lines to the Kehl-Straßburg
(designed and developed by Telefunken) system.
Testing of the Henschel Hs 117 began in May 1944 at
Karlshagen
on the Baltic coast, and by September twenty two. Henschel
Hs 117 had been launched including the ones launched by
He
111.
There was ground launched variant the
Hs
117 which was launched from a modified 3.7 cm gun carriage.
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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