Wilhelm Schmidding

Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was a World War II constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna).

Engines

Entry to the Schmiddingwerke in Hanover

• Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel fitted to the Henschel Hs 293 guided bomb.
• Schmidding 109-533, four jettisonable RATO (1.200 kp, 11,768 kN, 10 seconds) fitted to the Bachem Ba 349 point defence VTO (Vertical Take-Off) interceptor.
• Schmidding 109-543, rocket motor for the Henschel Hs298 guided bomb.
• Schmidding 109-553, Solid-fuel rocket booster used for the Henschel Hs117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.
• Schmidding 109-563, RATOG booster.
• Schmidding 109-573, underwater propulsion gas generator.
• Schmidding 109-593, RATOG booster.
• Schmidding 109-603, fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air to air missile.

External links

• http://mitglied.lycos.de/planewrecks/index2003.html
• http://www.luftwaffen-projekte.de/lwp/raketen/hs/hs.htm
• http://www.deutsches-fachbuch.de/reinschauen/7a/3825506630.htm