Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Introduced in 1944, the Raketenwerfer 56 was among the last in a long line of Nebelwerfer (lit. “fog thrower”) rocket artillery deployed by the German military during the Second World War. Designed to maximize use of existing resources, it could fire both the newer 30cm Wurfkörper 42 and older 15cm Wurfgranate 41 rockets through the fitting of adaptor rails.

0:00 Intro
1:21 Origins of German Rocket Artillery
3:25 Nebeltruppen
4:16 15cm Nebelwerfer 41
8:00 28/32 cm Wurfkörper Spreng/Flamm
10:15 21cm Wurfgranate 42
11:39 30cm Wurfkörper 42
12:38 30cm Raketenwerfer 56
14:26 8cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer
14:37 Propagandawerfer 41
15:29 38cm Raketenwerfer 61 L/5.4 (Sturmtiger)
16:14 Outro

Farley Mowat’s V2 Rocket Heist Video: youtube.com/watch?v=c5HXZB7KeX0&pp=ygUPdjIgcm9ja2V0IGhlaXN0

SOURCES:

lonesentry.com/articles/rocket/index.html

stephentaylorhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/op-1666-german-explosive-ordnance-volume-1.pdf

weaponsandwarfare.com/nebelwerfers

tracesofwar.com/articles/7368/German-Rocket-Artillery.htm

lonesentry.com/articles/nebelwerfer/index.html

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/GermanysRocketDevelopmentinWorldWarIIMartinHodapp.pdf