Nebelwerfer

This video shows german rocket launchers developed during World War 2, 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 and 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42. Rocket development had begun during the 1920s and reached fruition in the late Thirties. The first weapon to be delivered to the troops was the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 in 1940, after the Battle of France, a purpose-designed rocket with gas, smoke and high-explosive warheads. It, like virtually all German rocket designs, was spin-stablized to increase accuracy. One very unusual feature w