In Service: 1941 to 1945
First Flight: 1941
Manufacturer: Henschel
Number built: 120
Type: Anti-ship Missile
Guidance system: radio controlled
Length: 6.1 m
Wingspan: 4 m
Diameter: 62 cm
Weight: 630 kg
Engine: 2 ×
Walter
HWK 109-507 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to
590 kg of thrust
Maximum speed: km/h
Range: km
Warhead: kg
Fuze:
Launch Platform: Do
217,
He
177
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Missiles
Articles:
The Henschel Hs 294 was a anti-ship missile Designed and developed
by
Henschel
und Sohn in 1941 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing.
Herbert
Alois Wagner.
The Henschel Hs 294 this weapon was intended to be deployed
against Allied shipping. The Henschel Hs 294 was a further
development of the
Hs 293
by Dipl.-Ing.
Herbert
Alois Wagner and his team at
Henschel
und Sohn.
The Henschel Hs 294 had a slender conical shape with a pair
of straight stubby wings, the rocket motor used was 2 ×
Walter
HWK 109-507 liquid fuel rocket engine producing up to
590 kg of thrust.
The control system that was employed for the Henschel Hs 294
was the FuG 203 transmitter and the FuG 230 receiver, having
been guided to its target by radio control. The missile, then
crashed in to the water and the wings and rear fuselage broke
off at the designed weak points. Which allowed the missile
to continue towards the target under its own momentum submerged.
detonation was achieved by a standard naval proximity fuse.
A production contract was initially given for 1,300 Hs 294
A-0 to be built however the actual number is not known, a
second contract was issued for the production of 300 Hs 294
V-2 this variant was similar to the Hs 294 A-0 variant but
with trailing edge wing spoiler controls, approximately 56
of this variant was produced. 25 Hs 294 A-0 variants were
modified to allow for television guidance systems to be install
like had been done with the
Henschel
Hs 293D. The Henschel Hs 294 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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