During World War II, Germany developed many missile systems, some of which were extremely advanced.

These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles.

Organisations

• Peenemünde rocket test site

People

• Wernher von Braun
• Walter Dornberger
• Walter Thiel

List of missiles

surface-to-surface missiles

Both the V1 and V2 were used operationally, against London and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp.

• V-1 flying bomb
• V-2 rocket
• Rheinbote

surface-to-air missiles

Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were ever used operationally:

• Enzian
• Rheintochter (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
• Wasserfall missile
• Schmetterling (an air-to-air variant was also planned)

air-to-air missiles

• X-4 missile (anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)
• R4M rocket

anti-ship missiles

German anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea:

• Fritz X anti-ship missile
• Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb

See also

• List of military aircraft of Germany
• List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
• List of RLM aircraft designations
• List of missiles

World War II guided missiles of Germany