Functional Fliegerfaust Project

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  1. JonathanW

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    Here is a video update on my most recent project where I am building the first functional fliegerfaust since WW2

     
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    Finished up the trigger mechanism, just need to wire up everything and have the rocket parts machined

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  5. ltdan

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    maybe helpful
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    Great photo I have never seen the middle one on the plaque, do you know the source?
     
  7. ltdan

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    WaffenRevue Nr. 56, 1985
    This was a quartely publication by one Karl Pawlas. The man had hoarded thousands and thousands of original Wehrmacht documents and was at that time (pre-Internet times) THE source at all, concerning weapons, ammunition, prototypes and developments (and it is mostly still today).
    For the Fliegerfaust even he has only extremely sparse secondary documents of the Wa.Prüf.
    The 1st US Army has captured some material at the WASAG in Leipzig - but unfortunately nobody knows where to find these documents.
     
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    Rocket test fire

     
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    Respect for that: I am really impressed!
    (Reminds me wistfully of my experiments with a medieval handgonne)

    regards
    Olli
     
  10. papiermache

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    A search at Kew for "projectiles" and "German" for "1939 to 1949" returns these results: a mixture of large and small, guided, bullets shot from guns or cannons. Your weapon might be in one of these files, possibly DEFE 15/1555. Good hunting, and stand well clear.


    ADM 223/674 Admiralty: Naval Intelligence Division and Operational Intelligence Centre: Intelligence Reports and Papers. NID REPORTS. | German rocket projectiles | German rocket projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/04/1944 31/05/1944 Former Reference Dep: NID/005092 44

    AIR 23/1237 Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports and Correspondence. R.A.F. MIDDLE EAST. Intelligence. | German radar: radio controlled projectiles | German radar: radio controlled projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1943 31/12/1943 Former Reference Dep: IIJ1/169/75

    AVIA 39/48 Operations and Technical Radio Committee (Watson-Watt Committee): Sub-committee for Investigation of German Electronics and Signals Organisation: Reports and Memoranda. CENTRAL RADIO BUREAU OF GERMAN ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE. | Auto-controlled projectiles | Auto-controlled projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: 8.5

    DEFE 15/1555 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment and predecessors: Technical Reports and Memoranda. ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEPARTMENT (ARD). | German 20mm high explosive/incendiary projectiles | German 20mm high explosive/incendiary projectiles. | With plans Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: 40/45

    DEFE 15/200 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment and predecessors: Technical Reports and Memoranda. Armaments Design Department. German ammunition: survey of wartime development. | Part C: armour piercing projectiles | Part C: armour piercing projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: Technical Report No 2/46

    DEFE 15/1571 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment and predecessors: Technical Reports and Memoranda. ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEPARTMENT (ARD). | German 20 mm Mauser incendiary/tracer/self destruction projectiles | German 20 mm Mauser incendiary/tracer/self destruction projectiles. | With plans Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: 73/45

    ADM 213/951 Admiralty: Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison: Reports. | German steel armour piercing projectiles and theory of penetration | German steel armour piercing projectiles and theory of penetration. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: ACSIL/ADM 48/3031

    WO 195/6670 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: German heavy incendiary AA shell | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: German heavy incendiary AA shell. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1944 31/12/1944 Former Reference Dep: AC 6674

    WO 195/8598 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Tracer Panel: tracer compositions used in German projectiles | Tracer Panel: tracer compositions used in German projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: AC 8602

    DEFE 15/199 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment and predecessors: Technical Reports and Memoranda. Armaments Design Department. German ammunition: survey of wartime development. | Part B: high velocity, fin stabilised and assisted projectiles | Part B: high velocity, fin stabilised and assisted projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: Technical Report No 2/46

    WO 195/4412 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee, Sub-Committee I: German 20 m.m. Oelikon and Manser ammunition performance trials | Incendiary Projectiles Committee, Sub-Committee I: German 20 m.m. Oelikon and Manser ammunition performance trials. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1943 31/12/1943 Former Reference Dep: AC 4416

    AVIA 54/1407 Ministry of Supply and predecessor and successors: Research, Registered Files (Series 7), Reports and Specifications. | Plans to exploit German work on guided projectiles and rockets (Unterluss) | Plans to exploit German work on guided projectiles and rockets (Unterluss). | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1948 Former Reference Dep: 7/Exploitation/150

    AVIA 6/25699 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Aircraft Factory, later Royal Aircraft Establishment, later Royal Aerospace Establishment: Reports. | German Guided Projectiles 1945: volume 4, flying missiles (handbook by Technical Information Bureau, Ministry of... | German Guided Projectiles 1945: volume 4, flying missiles (handbook by Technical Information Bureau, Ministry of Aircraft Production). | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: C623.454.32(43)

    WO 204/4642 War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second World War. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S RECORDS BRANCH. | German long range projectiles: use of anti aircraft units: planning papers | German long range projectiles: use of anti aircraft units: planning papers. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 30/06/1945 Former Reference Dep: 384.5

    ADM 178/202 Admiralty: Naval Courts Martial Cases, Boards of Inquiry Reports, and Other Papers (Supplementary Series). | Dr J F Crowley, suspected German sympathiser: papers on the `Magnus Effect' applied to projectiles... | Dr J F Crowley, suspected German sympathiser: papers on the `Magnus Effect' applied to projectiles and aerial bombs; Specification No 165 AD 1904 for a Roller Boat. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1940 31/12/1940 Former Reference Dep: Admiralty 128/40

    WO 195/2983 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B. Mk. VI Z production ammunition trials against replica German... | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B. Mk. VI Z production ammunition trials against replica German self-sealing fuel tanks. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1942 31/12/1942 Former Reference Dep: AC 2987

    ADM 1/23905 Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. FINAL SERIES: 1952-1964 (plus strays 1903-1951 and some papers from 1965-1974). Papers registered in 1952 (excluding honours and awards papers). | German developments of remote controlled aircraft and projectiles: translation of a report obtained in Oslo... | German developments of remote controlled aircraft and projectiles: translation of a report obtained in Oslo. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1939 31/12/1940 Former Reference Dep: NID 01789/1939

    WO 195/3609 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: fire in tanks when attacked with German 50 mm ammunition | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: fire in tanks when attacked with German 50 mm ammunition. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1943 31/12/1943 Former Reference Dep: AC 3613

    WO 195/8943 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Anti-Concrete Committee: German experimental work on the attack of reinforced concrete by explosives and projectiles... | Anti-Concrete Committee: German experimental work on the attack of reinforced concrete by explosives and projectiles. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: AC 8947

    ADM 292/205 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets:... | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets: part 1. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: 9750 PG 42705

    ADM 292/211 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets:... | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets: part 4. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1947 31/12/1947 -

    ADM 292/83 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Kinematic problems of acoustic torpedo: calculation of tracks and isochrons of target seeking projectiles with... | Kinematic problems of acoustic torpedo: calculation of tracks and isochrons of target seeking projectiles with radial homing effect and unlimited manoevrability. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1944 31/12/1944 Former Reference Dep: 4552 PG 42657

    ADM 292/195 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Problems of firing technique for horizontally moving, self propelled projectiles against distant sea targets | Problems of firing technique for horizontally moving, self propelled projectiles against distant sea targets. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1947 31/12/1947 Former Reference Dep: 97513 PG 57354 a and b

    WO 195/2985 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B.Mk. VI Z production ammunition effectiveness against German and replica... | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B.Mk. VI Z production ammunition effectiveness against German and replica German self-sealing fuel tanks. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1942 31/12/1942 Former Reference Dep: AC 2989

    ADM 292/206 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets:... | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets: part 2. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: 9751

    ADM 292/210 Admiralty: Admiralty Underwater Weapons Department: Reports and German Torpedo Documents. Translations of German torpedo documents. | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets:... | Tactical use of torpedoes: Firing technique for horizontally moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets: part 3. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1947 31/12/1947 Former Reference Dep: 97511

    WO 195/2984 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B.Mk.IV ammunition effectiveness compared with B.Mk. VI Z against German... | Incendiary Projectiles Committee: 0.303 inch B.Mk.IV ammunition effectiveness compared with B.Mk. VI Z against German self-sealing fuel tanks. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1942 31/12/1942 Former Reference Dep: AC 2988

    AIR 40/2839 Air Ministry, Directorate of Intelligence and related bodies: Intelligence Reports and Papers. INTERROGATION OF GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR : REPORTS. | Rocket projectiles and jet-propelled aircraft: developments at Peenemunde Experimental Station, Germany | Rocket projectiles and jet-propelled aircraft: developments at Peenemunde Experimental Station, Germany. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1943 31/12/1943 Former Reference Dep: ADI (K) REPORT NO 496C/1943

    AVIA 6/10645 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Aircraft Factory, later Royal Aircraft Establishment, later Royal Aerospace Establishment: Reports. SUBJECT : AERODYNAMICS - TECHNICAL NOTES. | Revised particulars of characteristics and performance of German rocket, based on examination of fragments of... | Revised particulars of characteristics and performance of German rocket, based on examination of fragments of projectiles landing in this country. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1944 31/12/1944 Former Reference Dep: TN Aero 1528

    ADM 213/621 Admiralty: Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison: Reports. | Underwater Weapons Department: problems of firing technics for horizontally-moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets,... | Underwater Weapons Department: problems of firing technics for horizontally-moving self-propelled projectiles against distant sea targets, Part 2: translation of German report by Dr. H. Unkelbach. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1946 31/12/1946 Former Reference Dep: ACSIL No.ADM/47/657

    WO 195/6548 Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Advisory Council of Scientific Research and Technical Development, later Scientific Advisory Council: Reports and Papers. | H.E.I Sub-Committee: examination of German 8.8 cms A/T H.C. rocket projectiles with R.D.X./T.N.T. 60/40 filling... | H.E.I Sub-Committee: examination of German 8.8 cms A/T H.C. rocket projectiles with R.D.X./T.N.T. 60/40 filling. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1944 31/12/1944 Former Reference Dep: AC 6552

    AIR 20/8677 Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence: Papers accumulated by the Air Historical Branch. Coded Section. | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details... | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details of this file, are as follows: COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND CONFERENCES: Committees Named B (Code 24/2): British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee: German controlled projectiles details. GUIDED WEAPONS: Enemy, General (Code 44/3): British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee: German controlled projectiles details. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 -

    AIR 20/8772 Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence: Papers accumulated by the Air Historical Branch. Coded Section. | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details... | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details of this file, are as follows: GUIDED WEAPONS: Enemy, General (Code 44/3): German guided projectiles: photographs and technical details. V WEAPONS: ROCKETS (Code 97/1): German guided projectiles: photographs and technical details. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 -

    DSIR 27/56/MOS216 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Road Research Laboratory Reports. Reports to Ministry of Supply. MOS 195 - 239. | Penetration tests on P.P.P. with the 28/20 German A.T. high velocity shot and with British... | Penetration tests on P.P.P. with the 28/20 German A.T. high velocity shot and with British 303 A.P. shot both projectiles having cores of tungsten carbide. By A.R. Lee. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/03/1943 31/03/1943 Former Reference Pro: DSIR 27/56/MOS 216

    AIR 40/1219 Air Ministry, Directorate of Intelligence and related bodies: Intelligence Reports and Papers. AIR INTELLIGENCE 2(g). | "X" Series reports Nos, 1 2 and 6-8 : examination of "Crossbow" sites, storage and... | "X" Series reports Nos, 1 2 and 6-8 : examination of "Crossbow" sites, storage and launching of German long-range A-4 rocket Projectile and launching of the flying bomb. Includes 12 photographs depicting: 'Crossbow' sites: storage and launching of A4 rocket projectiles; sites at Cherbourg under construction. Dated 1944. | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/06/1944 30/09/1944 Former Reference Dep: IIG/132/5/1

    AIR 20/8778 Air Ministry, and Ministry of Defence: Papers accumulated by the Air Historical Branch. Coded Section. | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details... | This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details of this file, are as follows: COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND CONFERENCES: Committees Named B (Code 24/2): British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee: remote controlled rocket projectiles. GERMAN (OR ENEMY) AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN (Code 45): Radio countermeasures as a contribution to defence against German flying bombs. RADAR AND RADIO COUNTERMEASURES (Code 61): Radio countermeasures as a contribution to defence against German flying bombs (Crossbow). | Held by: The National Archives, Kew 01/01/1945 31/12/1945 Former Reference Dep: RCM/195 Part 2
     
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