Guided rocket

Enzian Rokete. Ger Guided Rocket of WWII. See under Guided Missiles... 

Cohete guiado (Span). Guided Rocket (Guided Missile)... 

The integral functional unit consisting of initiator and igniter devices, rocket engine, guiding equipment, and useful payload. - Rocket Motor. Missiles are, in principle, guided rocket projectiles. 

Both arguments were flawed, of course, and Allied Intelligence later showed that the 14 ton V2 rocket bomb was in fact powered with liquid propellant, was guided using gyroscopes, and did indeed carry one ton of explosive. And on the 3rd September 1944 the first V2 fell on London. Some firework ... 

NIOSH Rocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, http //www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/pgdstart.html. 

Payload. Generally that part of the load which is expandable, deliverable, or ready for use in direct accomplishment of the mission. In a projectile the explosive or other filler. In a guided missile or rocket, the warhead compartment and that which is carried in it (Ref 40a, p 108-L)... 

Projectile. A missile for use in any type of gun. In a general sense the term is sometimes applied to rockets and guided missiles, although they may not fall within the stated definition. The term projectile is preferred over "shell" "shot", and the like, in official nomenclature (Ref 40a, p 113). Principal parts of projectiles and their types are described in Section 4, Part B of this Vol)... 

Rocket. An unmanned self-propelled vehicle, with or without warhead, designed to travel above the surface of the earth and whose trajectory or course, while in flight, cannot be controlled. Excludes Guided Missiles and other vehicles whose trajectory or course, while in flight, can be controlled remotely (Ref 40a, p 122)... 

Warhead. That portion of a rocket, guided missile or torpedo designated to contain the load which the vehicle is to deliver. The load may consist of HE s, atomic bomb, chemicals, instruments or inert materials, as well as booster, fuze(s), adaption kits, and/or burster. Excludes items which contain atomic weapon components (Ref 40a, p 143)... 

As this is a comparatively new subject and many US items are classified, we are not describing them now, but expect to describe guided missiles and rockets in one of the future volumes... 

Due to the fact that some US guided missiles and rockets developed after WWII, are modifications and improvements of missiles and rockets developed in Germany before and during WWII, there follows a list of such missiles, as described in PATR 2510(1958)... 

Accdg to Refs I R, Japanese Rocket Launchers were mostly wooden troughs, others were guide rails and steel barrels (tubes). Launchers were provided with some electric ignition device. The most practical launcher was used by the Japanese Army under the name Type 4 20-cm Rocket Launcher, described in Ref 1, p 204 and shown in Fig 320 on p 206. It consisted fo a metal tube on a mounting permitting fine adjustments in elevation and train. The launcher was in three parts which could easily be disassembled for transportation. A rate of fire of from 1 to 2 rounds per minute could be obtd... 

Launchers. See Vol 2 of Encycl, p C28-R (Rocket Launcher) and Vol 6 (1974), p G139-R (Grenade Launcher) G185 (Guided Missile Launcher)... 

Guided Aircraft Rocket (GAR). A rocket-powered guided missile designed to be launched from an aircraft in flight Ref GlossaryOrdn (1959), 141-L... 

Classification, Missiles are commonly classified by their launch and target environments, as well as by popular names. Other methods of classifying guided missiles are by trajectory, speed (subsonic, sonic or supersonic), propulsion (air breathers, usually jets or rockets), guidance (command, Inertial or homing), payload (such as nuclear, high explosive, or electronic jammer), and purpose (strategic or tactical, offensive or defensive)... 

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