Wilhelm Schmidding

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Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was during World War II a constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna).

[edit] Engines

• Henschel Hs 293: two solid fuel Schmidding 109-513

• Bachem Ba 349: four jettisonable RATO Schmidding 109-533 (1.200 kp, 11,768 kN, 10 seconds)

• Ruhrstahl X-4: Schmidding 109-603

[edit] Links

• http://mitglied.lycos.de/planewrecks/index2003.html
• http://www.luftwaffen-projekte.de/lwp/raketen/hs/hs.htm
• http://www.deutsches-fachbuch.de/reinschauen/7a/3825506630.htm