[ARC5] WWII Homing Missiles

[Bob Macklin]

I believe the first truly homing missile was the 1950's Falcon infard 
seeker.

These were first used with the F-89H and the F-102.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
To: <jeepp at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] WWII Homing Missiles


> There was an AZON and a RAZON (azimuth only & range and azimuth,
> respectively). However, they were not "Homing Missiles".
>
> To me a Homing Missile means a unmanned vehicle, with an autonomous homing
> seeker. Such a device is capable of tracking and hitting a target, even if
> the target moves while the missile is on its way to the target.
>
> AZON and RAZON were properly remote control or teleoperated missiles, as
> were various TV guided vehicles (although some 'Nam TV systems apparently
> had a centroid tracker, which would make them homing missiles).
>
> The most famous missiles of WW II, the V1 and V2, were certainly not
> homing... their aim points were set before launch and the flew on
> autopilot without any terminal guidance. And landed pretty much anywhere.
>
> -John
>
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>> On 7/8/2012 10:16 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>>> There were only three true homing missiles used in WWII.
>>>
>>> The US. Navy was the first to use a homing missile in combat, with its
>>> acoustic homing torpedo.  It was air launched, homed in on U-boats and
>>> had a high success rate.
>>>
>>> The most sophisticated homing missile of WWII was the USN's Bat, which
>>> was a true fire-and-forget radar guided weapon launched from PB4Y-2's of
>>> VPB-109 late in the war.  I did some research on it at the Smithsonian,
>>> went out to the USN China Lake facility where I photographed one that is
>>> on display.
>>>
>>> The Germans had an acoustic homing torpedo that was designed to enable
>>> U-boats to attack escort vessels but it was not as successful as the
>>> USN's.
>>>
>>> The Germans, the USAAF and the USN had air to surface missiles but they
>>> did not home on the target but employed an operator in an aircraft to
>>> guide the missile.  Some of the missiles were modified B-17's and
>>> B-24's.  The USN's modified B-24's used a more sophisticated approach,
>>> TV guidance.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Was there not something called the AZON bomb?  I think it was TV or
>> visually guided.  A very long time ago, I had a small control box with a
>> little stick mounted on it.  Something like a R/C airplane control
>> stick?  Wikipedia has some dope on it.
>>
>> de K3HVG
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