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This weapon entered service in
mid-1944 with patrol craft and was later fitted to larger units.
Used a single-barrel projector. Several different kinds of shells
were produced, including HE, smoke and wire cable. Each HE rocket
had the destructive power of an 8.8 cm AA shell. The wire cable version
was similar to the British UP AA rocket and used parachutes connected to
100 m (330 feet) of cable. It is not known if these weapons ever
shot down an attacking plane.
It is interesting to note that the parachute
version of this weapon was similar to the ineffective British UP
AA rockets. That weapon was withdrawn from service following
the loss of HMS Hood.
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