German Missiles (set Nº1)

Blohm & Voss Bv 246 Hagelkorn (Hallstone)

The Blohm & Voss BV 246 Hagelkorn (German language: "Hailstone") was a guided glide bomb developed to bomb specific targets (bridges, ships, etc.) once it was released.

Messerschmitt Enzian

The Enzian (named for a genus of mountain flower, in English the Gentian) was a German WWII surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile that was the first to use an radio controlled guidance system. During the missile's development in the late stages of the war, it was plagued by organisational problems and was cancelled before becoming operational.

As early as 1943 it was becoming clear Messerschmitt's Me 163 interceptor would be difficult to use in combat. After flying to the 25,000–30,000 ft (7,600–9,100 m) altitude of the bombers, it had only a few minutes to track them down before running out of fuel. Even if it did manage to find the bombers, it had the equally prickly problem of lacking a weapon that could be aimed effectively while closing on the target at some 400 mph (640 km/h; 350 kn).

This is a 1/72 Condor plastic kit to build 2 different WWII missiles from Germany.