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	RUHRSTAHL/KRAMER X-7 "ROTKAPPCHEN"	1944
	ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE

DATA

RUHRSTAHL/KRAMER X-7 "ROTKAPPCHEN"

CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	GERMANY
MANUFACTURER :	RUHRSTAHL AG
FIRST FLIGHT :	1944
SERVICE DELIVERY :	NONE - Scheduled for 1945
NUMBER BUILT :	A Few Hundred

SPECIFICATION
SPAN :	1 ft 11-1/2 in (600 mm)
LENGTH :	3 ft 1-1/2 in (950 mm)
DIAMETER :	5 ft 7/8 in (.15 m) Body; 5 ft 7/8 in (150 mm) Maximum
WEIGHT :	19.8 lbs (9 kg)
POWER PLANT :	Wasag 109-506 Two Stage Solid Rocket Motor, 150 lb (68 kg)
	of Thrust for 2.5 seconds
ARMAMENT :	5.5 lb (2.5 kg) of High Explosive Shaped Charge
TECHNICAL NOTE :	Wire guided FuG 510 Guidance System MCLOS visual guidance with
	wires housed in two pods fixed to wing tips and unwound in flight; or
	Infrared Rays; or Electro-Optical Guidance Systems

PERFORMANCE
MAX SPEED :	224 mph (360 km/h)
RANGE :	3,936 ft (1200 m)
OPERATING CEILING :	---

	REFERENCES
	Miranda, J & Mercado, P. Secret Wonder Weapons of the Third Reich - German Missiles 1934-1945. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1996. ISBN 0-7643-0086-5. Kay, Antony L. & Smith, J.R. German Aircraft of the Second World War (Including Helicopters and Missiles). Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55750-010-X.

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