List of German guided weapons of World War II

During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems.

These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship missiles.

Organisations

 * Peenemünde rocket test site

People

 * Wernher von Braun
 * Walter Dornberger
 * Walter Thiel
 * Max Kramer
 * Herbert A. Wagner

Surface-to-surface missiles
The V-1 cruise missile was used operationally against London and Antwerp. The V-2 ballistic missile was used operationally against London, Antwerp, and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp.
 * V-1 flying bomb
 * V-2 rocket
 * Rheinbote
 * A4b
 * Ruhrstahl X-7 (Rotkäppchen) Guided anti-tank missile.

Surface-to-air missiles
Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were used operationally:
 * Enzian (Gentian)
 * Rheintochter (Rhine Daughter) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
 * Schmetterling (Butterfly) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
 * Wasserfall (Waterfall)
 * Feuerlilie (Fire Lily)

Air-to-air missiles

 * R4M rocket (unguided air-to-air rocket)
 * Werfer-Granate 21 (unguided air-to-air variant of the Nebelwerfer rockets)
 * Ruhrstahl X-4 (guided; anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)

Anti-ship missiles
Anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea:
 * Fritz X anti-ship missile
 * Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb