Archie to SAM: A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air ...

ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE THROUGH WORLD WAR II
Figure 21. Taifun. The Germans were developing a family of antiaircraft
missiles. Two unguided efforts were the 3.3-pound Foehn and this
65-pound Taifun. (Adapted from Smithsonian Institution.)
carriage by four solid-fuel boosters. The Enzian carried a 1,050-
pound warhead to an altitude of 48,000 feet and a slant range
of 16 miles at 560 mph. The Germans test-fired possibly 24
Enzians, nine of which they considered successes. In January
1945, the Germans canceled the project, although work continued
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Rheintochter I was a subsonic, solid-fuel, two-stage rocket
that measured 20.5 feet and weighed 3,850 pounds. The second
stage had four canard fins and six wings (which spanned
9.8 feet) and carried a 330-pound warhead to a slant range of
18,000 yards and an altitude of 29,000 feet. The Germans first
tested the radio-controlled device in August 1943 and fired 82
flak rockets by early January 1945 (fig. 23). The Germans cancelled
the program the next month. Rheintochter II employed
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