Table of Contents
65 relations: Air supremacy, Amatol, Anti-surface warfare, Anzio, Armistice of Cassibile, Armour-piercing ammunition, ASM-N-2 Bat, Augusta, Sicily, Azon, Battle of Anzio, Carlo Bergamini (admiral), Carrier wave, Dornier Do 217, Electronic countermeasure, Flare, Forecastle, GB-1, GB-4, German Aerospace Center, Gibraltar, Glide bomb, Grand Harbour, Heinkel He 111, Heinkel He 177 Greif, Henschel Hs 293, Hospital ship, Intermediate frequency, Italian battleship Littorio, Junkers Ju 87, Kampfgeschwader 100, Kampfgruppe 100, Kawasaki Ki-148, Keel, La Spezia, LBD Gargoyle, List of German guided weapons of World War II, Luftwaffe, Magazine (artillery), Manual command to line of sight, Max Kramer, Messina, Mitsubishi Ki-147, Nazi Germany, Normandy landings, Operation Avalanche, Operation Overlord, PC 1400, Pietro Badoglio, Project Pigeon, Radio control, ... Expand index (15 more) »
- Anti-ship missiles of Germany
- Guided bombs
- World War II guided missiles of Germany
Air supremacy
Aerial supremacy (also known as air superiority) is the degree to which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces.
Amatol
Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate.
Anti-surface warfare
Anti-surface warfare (ASuW or ASUW) is the branch of naval warfare concerned with the suppression of surface combatants.
See Fritz X and Anti-surface warfare
Anzio
Anzio (also) is a town and comune on region of Italy, about south of Rome.
Armistice of Cassibile
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the Allies during World War II.
See Fritz X and Armistice of Cassibile
Armour-piercing ammunition
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour.
See Fritz X and Armour-piercing ammunition
ASM-N-2 Bat
The ASM-N-2 Bat was a United States Navy World War II radar-guided glide bomb which was used in combat beginning in April 1945.
Augusta, Sicily
Augusta (archaically Agosta; Austa; Greek and Megara Hyblaea, Medieval: Augusta) is a town and comune in the province of Syracuse, located on the eastern coast of Sicily (southern Italy).
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Azon
AZON (or Azon), from "azimuth only", was one of the world's first guided weapons, deployed by the Allies and contemporary with the German Fritz X. Officially designated VB-1 ("Vertical Bomb 1"), it was invented by Major Henry J. Rand and Thomas J. O'Donnell during the latter stages of World War II as the answer to the difficult problem of destroying the narrow wooden bridges that supported much of the Burma Railway.
See Fritz X and Azon
Battle of Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944.
See Fritz X and Battle of Anzio
Carlo Bergamini (admiral)
Carlo Bergamini (24 October 1888 – 9 September 1943) was an Italian admiral.
See Fritz X and Carlo Bergamini (admiral)
Carrier wave
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.
Dornier Do 217
The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil").
See Fritz X and Dornier Do 217
Electronic countermeasure
An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar, or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers.
See Fritz X and Electronic countermeasure
Flare
A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala, bengalo in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion.
Forecastle
The forecastle (contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.
GB-1
The GB-1, also known as the "Grapefruit bomb" and as XM-108,379th 2000 p.39. Fritz X and GB-1 are weapons and ammunition introduced in 1943.
See Fritz X and GB-1
GB-4
GB-4 (Glide Bomb No.4) was a precision guided munition developed by the United States during World War II.
See Fritz X and GB-4
German Aerospace Center
The German Aerospace Center (e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally German Center for Air- and Space-flight) is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany, founded in 1969.
See Fritz X and German Aerospace Center
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
Glide bomb
A glide bomb or stand-off bomb is a standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without such surfaces. Fritz X and glide bomb are guided bombs.
Grand Harbour
The Grand Harbour (il-Port il-Kbir; Porto Grande), also known as the Port of Valletta, is a natural harbour on the island of Malta.
Heinkel He 111
The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.
See Fritz X and Heinkel He 111
Heinkel He 177 Greif
The Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
See Fritz X and Heinkel He 177 Greif
Henschel Hs 293
The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German radio-guided glide bomb. Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 are anti-ship missiles of Germany, guided bombs and world War II guided missiles of Germany.
See Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293
Hospital ship
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital.
Intermediate frequency
In communications and electronic engineering, an intermediate frequency (IF) is a frequency to which a carrier wave is shifted as an intermediate step in transmission or reception.
See Fritz X and Intermediate frequency
Italian battleship Littorio
Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.
See Fritz X and Italian battleship Littorio
Junkers Ju 87
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
Kampfgeschwader 100
Kampfgeschwader 100 (KG 100) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II and the first military aviation unit to use a precision-guided munition (the Fritz X anti-ship glide bomb) in combat to sink a warship (the Italian battleship ''Roma'') on 9 September 1943.
See Fritz X and Kampfgeschwader 100
Kampfgruppe 100
Kampfgruppe 100 (KGr 100) was a specialist unit of the Luftwaffe during the early stages of World War II.
See Fritz X and Kampfgruppe 100
Kawasaki Ki-148
The Kawasaki I-Gо̄ Model 1 Otsu, otherwise known as Ki-148 was a World War II Japanese guided air-to-surface missile designed in 1944.
See Fritz X and Kawasaki Ki-148
Keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.
See Fritz X and Keel
La Spezia
La Spezia (or,; A Spèza, in the local) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
LBD Gargoyle
The LBD-1 Gargoyle (later KSD-1, KUD-1 and RTV-N-2) was an American air-to-surface missile developed during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.
List of German guided weapons of World War II
During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missiles and precision-guided munition systems. Fritz X and List of German guided weapons of World War II are world War II guided missiles of Germany.
See Fritz X and List of German guided weapons of World War II
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
Magazine (artillery)
A magazine is an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored.
See Fritz X and Magazine (artillery)
Manual command to line of sight
Manual command to line of sight (MCLOS or MACLOS) is a method for guiding guided missiles.
See Fritz X and Manual command to line of sight
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Messina
Messina (Missina) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina.
Mitsubishi Ki-147
The Mitsubishi I-Gо̄ Model 1 Kо̄, otherwise known as Ki-147 was a radio-guided air to surface missile developed by Japan in World War II.
See Fritz X and Mitsubishi Ki-147
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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Operation Avalanche
Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II.
See Fritz X and Operation Avalanche
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
See Fritz X and Operation Overlord
PC 1400
The PC 1400 (Panzersprengbombe Cylindrisch) or cylindrical armor-piercing explosive bomb in English was an armor-piercing bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa.
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Project Pigeon
During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for "organic control") was American behaviorist B. F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-controlled guided bomb.
See Fritz X and Project Pigeon
Radio control
Radio control (often abbreviated to RC) is the use of control signals transmitted by radio to remotely operate a device.
Radio jamming
Radio jamming is the deliberate blocking of or interference with wireless communications.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Ruhrstahl X-4
The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 was a wire-guided air-to-air missile designed by Germany during World War II. Fritz X and Ruhrstahl X-4 are world War II guided missiles of Germany.
Salerno
Salerno (Salierno) is an ancient city and comune (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples.
Sloop-of-war
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
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Spoiler (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil in a controlled way.
See Fritz X and Spoiler (aeronautics)
Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.
Unguided bomb
An unguided bomb, also known as a free-fall bomb, gravity bomb, dumb bomb, or iron bomb, is an aircraft-dropped bomb (conventional or nuclear) that does not contain a guidance system and hence simply follows a ballistic trajectory.
Valletta
Valletta (il-Belt Valletta) is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas.
VB-3 Razon
The VB-3 Razon was a high-angle freefall guided bomb developed by the United States Army Air Force during the 1940s.
Wing fence
Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft wings.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
The Yokosuka MXY-7 was a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack-aircraft deployed by Japan against Allied ships in the Pacific Ocean theater towards the end of World War II.
See Fritz X and Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
See also
Anti-ship missiles of Germany
- AS.34 Kormoran
- Blohm & Voss BV 143
- Blohm & Voss BV 950
- Fritz X
- Henschel Hs 293
- Henschel Hs 294
- IDAS (missile)
Guided bombs
- Armement Air-Sol Modulaire
- Blohm & Voss BV 143
- Blohm & Voss BV 246
- Blue Boar (bomb)
- Bombe Guidée Laser
- Bombkapsel 90
- DRDO Glide Bombs
- Denel Dynamics Umbani
- Desert Sting
- FPG-82
- FT PGB
- Flying bomb
- Fritz X
- Ghassed
- Glide bomb
- Guided bomb
- H-2 SOW
- H-4 SOW
- HGK (bomb)
- HOPE/HOSBO
- Henschel Hs 293
- Henschel Hs 294
- KAB-1500
- KAB-1500L
- KAB-1500S-E
- KAB-250
- KAB-500
- KAB-500KR
- KAB-500L
- KAB-500S-E
- Ke-Go
- LS PGB
- LT PGB
- Laser-guided bomb
- PBK-500U Drel
- PGM 500
- Perseus (munition)
- Qadr (munition)
- Qased
- SMKB
- Sadid-345
- Sudarshan laser-guided bomb
- Takbir bomb
- UMPK (bomb kit)
World War II guided missiles of Germany
- Aggregat
- Blohm & Voss BV 143
- Enzian
- Feuerlilie
- Fritz X
- Henschel Hs 117
- Henschel Hs 293
- Henschel Hs 294
- Henschel Hs 298
- List of German guided weapons of World War II
- List of V-2 test launches
- Operation Backfire (World War II)
- Regener-Tonne
- Rheintochter
- Ruhrstahl X-4
- V-1 flying bomb
- V-2 rocket
- Wasserfall
References
Also known as FX 1400 Fritz-X, FX-1400, FX1400, Fritz X Bomb, Fritz-X, Fx 1400, Glider bombs, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X, Ruhrstahl SD 1400, Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X.