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Fritz X

Ruhrstahl/Kramer PCI1400X Fritz X
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Designed by Dr Max Kramer, the PCI1400X Fritz X was one of the world's first two operational anti-shipping missiles. Built around the Standard PC 1400 armour piercing bomb, the Fritz X was steered by radio control (via tail mounted spoilers)onto the target. From a launch altitude of 19,680 Ft (6,000m), the weapon was capable of piercing 5 1/2 inchs (130mm)

TYPE : Steerable,free-fall,armour piercing bomb
Weight : Operational - 3,454 Ib (1,570 Kg)
Warhead - 704 Ib (320 Kg)

Dimensions : Span across fins 4 Ft 5 1/8 inch (1.35 Meter)
Length 10 Ft 8 1/8 inch (3.26 Meter)
Body Diameter 1 Ft 10 inch (0.56 Meter)

Performance : Maximum Speed - 630 Mph (1,035 Kmh)
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Fritz X was the most common name for a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Fritz X was the world's first precision guided weapon deployed in combat, and the first to sink a ship in combat. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternative names include Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X or FX 1400 (the latter, along with the unguided PC 1400 ordnance's Fritz nickname, is the origin for the name "Fritz X"). Along with the USAAF's similar Azon weapon of the same period in World War II, it is one of the precursors of today's anti-ship missiles and precision-guided weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_X

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