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Robert Sveinson wrote:

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Just a little nit-picking he
The Henschel (HS-293?) was rocket powered if I recall correctly. It did
have wings but I'm not sure if it glided towards the target.

Well ... once again, yes and no.
The Hs-293 was less a rocket-powered radio-controlled bomb with wings than a
controlled, winged, gliding bomb with a rocket engine having a very brief
burn.
The rocket motor gave the ordinance just enough kick to get it far enough
ahead of the launching aircraft for the operator to see the Hs-293 in
flight and guide the thing without having to shift his position. Without
that rocket boost the aircraft would overtake the bomb in flight.

The other anti-shipping weapon introduced by the Germans was the Fritz-X
wire-guided bomb.

Fritz-X was armour-piercing and intended for use against warships, and was
radio-controlled according to every source I can find.
The Hs-293 was meant for softer targets. There were plans for
wire-controlled and even TV-controlled variants, but none were deployed.

Both weapons enjoyed some succes and led to quite a bit of alarm among the
allies.

Indeed they did. The Hs-293 destroyed or damaged over two dozen allied
vessels.
The track record of the Fritz-X is even more impressive.
Find some of that, and a photo of the weapon, at
http://www.rafmuseum.org/cosford/col...m?missile_id=8.

Regards,
Herman