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Bachem Ba-349 Natter

GENERAL DATA
English: Colubrid, grass-snake, Viper
Rocket-powered interceptor
1
Bachem Werke GmbH
36
October 1944
planned for 1945*

(*) Prototype demonstrator, not deployed

Variants
Unique serial version, 14 copies.
Variant with the HWK509C-1 rocket.

 

DIMENSIONS
6 m
880 kg (fuel expended)
4 m
2232 kg
2.25 m (without fins)
1769 kg
4.7 m²
? kg/m²

ARMAMENT
73 mm (2.874 in) Henschel Hs 297 Föhn
or
55 mm (2.165 in) R4M
24
or
33
2 × 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon with 30 rpg (proposed)

 

POWERPLANT
1 × Walter HWK 109-509C-1 bi-fuel rocket motor
11.2 kN thrust Hauptofen main chamber, 2.9 kN Marschofen auxiliary chamber
4 × Schmidding SG 34 solid fuel booster rockets (*)
4.9 kN thrust each
650 kg (internal)

(*) 2 x 9.8 kN solid fuel booster rockets

PERFORMANCES
1000 km/h at 5,000 m
800 km/h
40 km after climb at 10000 m
60 km after climb at 3000 m
4.36 m at 3000 m
190 m/s
62 seconds to 12000 m
12000 m

 

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