"What is this device?" Topic

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Kaoschallenged	03 Jun 2013 3:20 p.m. PST
What is this device underneath this Fw-190? Robert link
emckinney	03 Jun 2013 5:19 p.m. PST
Incredibly, it's a "Krebsgerät" a 21 cm backwards-firing rocket. link Google Image Search is your friend: link To use is, open a new window, go to images.google.com and drag the image from the web page in one window into the search field on the Google page.
Kaoschallenged	03 Jun 2013 5:31 p.m. PST
Thanks emckinney. I never knew that you could do that. Robert
Kaoschallenged	03 Jun 2013 7:48 p.m. PST
And Google is my best friend most of the time LOL.I had never heard it and the article was very interesting. Robert
Kaoschallenged	03 Jun 2013 10:08 p.m. PST
Found a couple more shots of it. Robert link
fred12df	04 Jun 2013 9:42 a.m. PST
Why did they want to fire it backwards? As the linked article mentions, the pilot couldn't see or aim backwards. And if it was an anti-bomber weapon, then the fighter would have to get in front, then slow down to let the bombers catch up with it.
Kaoschallenged	04 Jun 2013 11:13 a.m. PST
Really doesn't make sense does it? Why not just make it fire to the side LOL. Robert

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