About: Fritz FX 1400 X

Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: Fritz FX 1400 X Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The Fritz X was a guided glide bomb with and had a 320 kilogram warhead mounted at the front of the bomb. To stabilize itself inflight, the Fritz X also had various radio controlled flaps. If the weapon should score a direct hit, it could penetrate as much as 130mm worth of armor. In total there were four fins on the weapon, each having a length of 1.35 meters with a complex tail system for better control and a gyroscope to keep maintain stability.

Attributes	Values
rdfs:label	Fritz FX 1400 X
rdfs:comment	The Fritz X was a guided glide bomb with and had a 320 kilogram warhead mounted at the front of the bomb. To stabilize itself inflight, the Fritz X also had various radio controlled flaps. If the weapon should score a direct hit, it could penetrate as much as 130mm worth of armor. In total there were four fins on the weapon, each having a length of 1.35 meters with a complex tail system for better control and a gyroscope to keep maintain stability.
dcterms:subject	Bombs Munitions dbkwik:resource/EVw8qOiL03XFMgb4H_Qe7Q== dbkwik:resource/qiku1dECaUR0oS6rImcWZQ==
abstract	The Fritz X was a guided glide bomb with and had a 320 kilogram warhead mounted at the front of the bomb. To stabilize itself inflight, the Fritz X also had various radio controlled flaps. If the weapon should score a direct hit, it could penetrate as much as 130mm worth of armor. In total there were four fins on the weapon, each having a length of 1.35 meters with a complex tail system for better control and a gyroscope to keep maintain stability. The total weight of the Fritz X was around 1,300 kilograms with a total length of 3.3 meters. While operational range was technically up to five kilometers, a much closer strike was far better for accuracy. When launched, the bomb could reach speeds of up to 343 meters per second. Notably, the controls on the Fritz X allowed for multiple to be launched without interference due to the weapon's ability to operate on multiple radio channels. To track the weapon inflight, flares were placed on the rear control surfaces, though in the field, the reliability of these flares was questionable to say the least. The guidance system required a 24 Volt battery to operate. While the weapon certainly pioneered anti-ship weaponry and guided bombs in general, its accuracy was only fair. Though some reports say that the Fritz X had a 90% chance of hitting within 30 meters of its target in combat. The final detriment to the the Fritz X's potential for attacking Allied shipping was the lack of capable aircraft and crew skilled enough to use the bomb. In the end, the main aircraft that were used to deliver Fritz X bombs were the He 111, Do 217, and some examples of He 177.

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software