German Guided Missiles of World War II: Fritz-X to Wasserfall and X4 (Osprey New Vanguard 276)КНИГИ » ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ
Название: German Guided Missiles of World War II: Fritz-X to Wasserfall and X4 Автор: Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier Издательство: Osprey Publishing Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 276 ISBN: 9781472831798 Год издания: 2019 Язык: English Cтраниц: 49 Формат: True PDF Размер: 6,6 MB
Although not as well-known as the V-1 buzz bomb and the V-2 missile, the first German missiles to see combat were anti-ship missiles, the Henschel Hs.293 guided missile and the Fritz-X guided bomb. These began to see extensive combat in the Mediterranean in 1943. In their most famous use, the Italian battleship Roma was sunk by a Fritz-X attack in September 1943 when Italy attempted to switch sides. The serious threat posed by these missiles led to a vigorous but little known ‘Wizard War' by the Allies to develop electronic counter-measures, the first effort of its kind.