Me 410 Rockets?

[beaupower32]

Can anyone explain what this is. Looks like a rocket launch tube. these are the only 2 pictures i have seen, and it looks like its a rotary type launcher. Also, does anyone have any documents on this.

[Erich]

a failure, the rotary mortar principle when fired tore the nose of the 410 right off. obviously dropped in care of crew safety and functionality

[beaupower32]

Thanks for the info Eric, I sure would hate to have that sitting under me.

[Maximowitz]

Erich is bang on the money. That is Me 410 B-1 W.Nr. 425416 which was equipped with a six shot revolving WGr 21 rocket launcher. Tested on February 3rd 1944 the experiment ended in failure after the rockets blew the nose panels off the aircraft!

Whoops.

[vikingBerserker]

Timing is everything.

[GrauGeist]

Yep...that was one of those ideas that were just a little ahead of thier time...

[Airframes]

Light blue touch-paper and retire.....permanently!!

[Maximowitz]

That said the '410 had probably the most diverse array of weapon packages ever tried on a Luftwaffe aircraft. No photon torpedo though.

[beaupower32]

That said the '410 had probably the most diverse array of weapon packages ever tried on a Luftwaffe aircraft. No photon torpedo though.

Should have mounted sharks with lazer beams under the wings.

[GrauGeist]

Dunno...I thought the Ju88 had quite a few different weapons configs...

[B-17engineer]

here ya go

[Maximowitz]

Very nice Mr B17!

[vikingBerserker]

Dam, that's a bigass rocket!

[Maximowitz]

Dam, that's a bigass rocket!

There's a quote by a KG51 pilot using those rockets for the first time in Dierich's "History of KG51", I'll dig it out later.

[B-17engineer]

No Problem. It's not good but explains the idea in a brief explanation.