Fliegerfaust
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The Fliegerfaust (lit. "pilot fist","plane fist", or "aviator fist"), also known as the "Luftfaust" (lit. "air fist"), was a German prototype of a man-portable, multi-barreled, unguided rocket launcher, designed to destroy enemy ground attack planes.
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Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust | |
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A replica Fliegerfaust B | |
Type | Surface-to-air unguided missile system |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1945 |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | HASAG |
Produced | 1945 |
No. built | Only a few produced. |
Variants | Fliegerfaust A, Fliegerfaust B |
Specifications (Fliegerfaust B) | |
Mass | 6.5 kg (14 lb 5 oz) loaded |
Length | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) |
Cartridge | standard 20 mm shells fitted with rocket engines |
Caliber | 20 mm |
Barrels | 9 |
Muzzle velocity | 350 m/s |
Feed system | 9-round loaders |
Sights | simple iron sight |
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Ordered into production in the last year of World War II, only a few were made and used before the end of the war in Europe.