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Flak Rakete Hs 117 :first SAM tested.
Description
Schmetterling ("Butterfly") :Surface to Air Missile in 1943.
Recent comments
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It never saw service. 100 items were built, 3 of them "survived". Note the two dark start-up booster rockets. The launching device was actually a modified mounting of 37mm AA gun.
Thanks Flamethrowerguy, I had no historical details about it.