Wilhelm Schmidding
Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was a World War II constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk.
Engines
Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel fitted to the Henschel Hs 293H anti-ship missile.Schmidding 109-533, four jettisonable RATO fitted to the Bachem Ba 349 point defence vertical takeoff interceptor.Schmidding 109-543, rocket motor for the Henschel Hs 298 guided bomb.Schmidding 109-553, Solid-fuel rocket booster used for the Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.Schmidding 109-563, RATOG booster.Schmidding 109-573, underwater propulsion gas generator.Schmidding 109-593, RATOG booster.Schmidding 109-603, fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile.
Applications