Submarines and their Weapons - Aircraft of World War II

produced, by Fieseler, Volkswagen (initially with a
marked lack of success), and 'Mittelwerke', the
underground factory at Nordhausen in the Harz
mountains staffed almost exclusively by slave labour.
The V1 was very cost-effective, even if it was at best
only 20 per cent effective. Estimates of the unit cost
vary, but around 5000 Reichsmarks seems reasonable
at a time when the standard German infantry rifle, the
Mauser 98K, was costing RM56, and a PzKpfw IV
tank over RM 100,000.
YOKOSUKA MXY7 'OHKA'
Type: Single-seat suicide missile
Length: 6.066m (19.9ft)
Span: 5.12m (16.8ft)
Max take-off weight: 2140kg (4718lb)
SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES
Above: The Reichenberg IV, seen here, was the
operational version of the manned flying bomb, with a
warhead but without the landing skid on its belly or flaps
on the trailing surface of the wings. None was ever flown
in combat.
Below: The Japanese Navy also worked on a manned
flying bomb, the Yokosuka MXY7 'Ohka'. Simpler than the
Reichenberg, it had rocket boosters to accelerate its
gliding attack and only rudimentary flight controls.
Max speed: 649km/h (403mph) at 3500m
(11,482ft)
Range: 37km (23 miles)
Warhead: 1200kg (2646lb) of explosives