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The ''Fliegende Panzerfaust'', meaning 'Flying Bazooka' (literally 'Flying Armor Fist') in the German language, was a project for a Third Reich very-short-range interceptor designed by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. The ''Fliegende Panzerfaust'' project was part of the Nazi propaganda-based ''Wunderwaffe'' ('wonder weapon') concept. It was proposed to the Emergency Fighter Program against the allied bombing raids over Nazi Germany in the last years of World War II.〔(Ulrich Albrecht: Artefakte des Fanatismus; Technik und nationalsozialistische Ideologie in der Endphase des Dritten Reiches )〕 ==Description== The ''Fliegende Panzerfaust'' was a rocket-powered design meeting the demand for a low-cost aircraft in a very-short-range interceptor role. It was a parasite aircraft meant to be towed behind a Messerschmitt Bf 109G for which it had a special long nose.〔(Messerschmitt Me 109 and Fliegende Panzerfaust model )〕 Powered by six Schmidding SG 34 rocket engines, three on each side on the rear half of the fuselage, the ''Fliegende Panzerfaust'' was a small plane with a v-tail, a wingspan of 4.5 m and a length of 6.0 m.〔(The Fliegende Panzerfaust (Flying Armored Fist). Another Desperate Attempt To Stop The Inevitable )〕 This Zeppelin-built aircraft would have been released upon reaching combat altitude above the enemy bomber fleet. Shortly before contact with the combat box below it would ignite its six solid-fuel rocket engines, attacking the target bomber by firing two 73 mm RZ 65 air-to-air missiles at an extremely close range.〔(Allgemeine Luftkampfraketen )〕 The front half of the aircraft which had the pilot lying in a prone position in the cockpit would then split from the other half. Both parts would land separately with parachutes, being later retrieved and reused.〔''(''Fliegende Panzerfaust'' - Luft'46 )〕 Owing to the extreme risks for the pilot inherent in its operation this aircraft is sometimes referred to as a suicide weapon.〔(German Suicidal Aircraft )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fliegende Panzerfaust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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