Talk:R4M rocket

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"Two warheads were available for the R4M, the common PB-3 with a 4kg shaped charge for anti-aircraft use, and the larger PB-2 for use in the anti-tank role"

Soory, but that's wrong - as the designation "Minenkopf" indicates, the normal warhead this rocket carried was a thin-walled, high-capacity charge of about 500 g explosive. The weight of the entire rocket was around 4 kg, so obviously it couldn't have mounted a "4 kg shaped charge".

Only the dedicated anti-tank version of the R4 had a shaped charge, with a weight comparable to that of the HE warhead.

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I fixed an obvious spelling error in the meaning of FFAR but a Google of “FFAR rocket” produced a variety of possible meanings in addition to the one given in the article – Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket, Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket, Folding-Fin Air Rocket, Free Flight Aircraft Rocket, etc.

I chose words which agreed with the only other reference to the rocket in the wiki but can anyone confirm the correct name? GreatWhiteNortherner 04:37, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)

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Fixed quite a few innaccuracies with warhead, missle types, and added the fact that the R4m was actually first used on the F and G models of the Fw 190. I also added some facts about the missle itself.

I hope to add some images later tonight.

All facts are from German war testing documents and Luftwaffe training manuals.

--Evil.Merlin 20:37, 18 April 2006 (UTC)