In Service: 1943 to 1945
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Type: Air-to-Air Missile
Guidance system: unguided
Length: 0.330 m
Wingspan: m
Diameter: 00.73 m
Weight: 3.167 kg
Engine: 1 × rocket motor
Maximum speed: km/h
Range: 400 m
Warhead: 0.583 kg
Fuze:
Launch Platform: He
111,
Bv
137,
Ju
88,
Bf 109,
Bf 110,
Me
210
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
RZ 65
RZ 65A
RZ 65B
RZ 73
Other: Missiles
Articles:
The Rheinmetall-Borsig RZ 73 Bordrakete was a air to air missile.
Designed and developed by
Rheinmetall-Borsig
AG in 1941 under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Klein.
The Rheinmetall-Borsig RZ 73 Came in several different forms,
wing mounted, nose mounted, there was even a version with
a eight round magazine, The The RZ 73 rocket was spin stabilised
and used a solid rocket motor, which was then mounted as auxiliary
armament beneath the wings of the carrier aircraft as a single
launcher unit fitted to each wing. The RZ 73 was tested with
the following aircraft
He
111,
Bv
137,
Ju
88,
Bf 109,
Bf 110,
Me
210
Despite the success with his weapon it did not enter serious
production, and only a small number of operational aircraft
were fitted with the RZ 73.
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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