In Service:
First Flight: August 1944
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 60
Type: Surface-to-Air Missile
Guidance system: radio controlled
Length: 4.10 m
Wingspan: 4.05 m
Diameter: 0.88 m
Weight: 1,800 kg
Engine: 1 × Konrad rocket engine 4 ×
Schmidding
109-533 solid fuel rocket engine producing up to 250 kg
of thrust each
Maximum speed: km/h
Range: 25 km
Warhead: 500 kg
Fuze:
Launch Platform: Mobile
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
E1 1 ×
Walter
HWK 109-509A-1 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine
producing up to 1,500 kg of thrust
E2 1 ×
Walter
HWK 109-509A-1 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine
producing up to 1,500 kg of thrust
E3 1 ×
Walter
HWK 109-509A-1 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine
producing up to 1,500 kg of thrust
E4 1 × Konrad rocket engine
E5 1 × Konrad rocket engine
Other: Missiles
Articles:
The Messerschmitt Enzian was a subsonic ground to air missile
designed and developed by
Messerschmitt
AG in 1944 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Hermann Wurster.
The Enzian was based on similar aerodynamic principles as
the
Me 163 interceptor
fighter.
The Enzian had a stocky body, with short wings and back fins
the hull was made of moulded plywood, the design was made
of as much wood as possible to conserve as much strategic
material as possible due to the deteriorating war situation.
The first Enzian experimental models E-1, E-2, and E-3 used
the same rocket engine as
Me
163 a 1 ×
Walter
HWK 109-509A-1 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine
producing up to 1,500 kg of thrust the later models used 1
× Konrad rocket engine 4 ×
Schmidding
109-533 solid fuel rocket engine producing up to 250 kg
of thrust each, the launch platform was a modified
8.8
cm Flak carriage.
In the first phase of flight the missile was controlled by
radiolink Kehl-Straßburg (designed and developed by
Telefunken) the final approach was controlled by either infrared
guidance system Madrid (designed and developed Kepka), or
an acoustic seeker (designed and developed by Telefunken and
Messerschmitt).
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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