Michael_C opened this issue on Mar 22, 2026 ยท 13 posts
Michael_C posted Sun, 22 March 2026 at 12:44 PM
Toward the end of WW II the Luftwaffe were trying different, often desperate, technology solutions to counter increasingly lethal Allied air superiority. One of these was the Bachem Ba 349 Natter (German for adder or viper, a venomous European snake), a piloted point-defense rocket, vertically launched to intercept bombers overhead. Although a number of Natters were built, and various test flights were completed, the interceptor never became operational.
