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Weapon Details
15cm Nebelwerfer 41 (Rocket Launcher)
History
This was a six barrelled 15cm rocket projector that could fire six rockets in a sequence. The rockets were not very accurate, but provided a good volume of explosive at up to 7000 metres.
The amount of smoke and dust thrown up by these rockets made it susceptible to counter battery fire unless moved immediately after firing.
Manufactured
1941 - 1945
Calibre
150mm
Rate of Fire
6rpm
15 cm Wurfgranate 41(HE)
150mm 31.8Kg 342M/Sec
2.500Kg explosive
Maximum Range 6900 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
3.13
6.75
10.97
15.95
21.93
29.24
38.38
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
4 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
8 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
20 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 1 mtr
7 mm
An explosion within 4 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 8 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 20 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 1 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 7 mm of the tank armour including the roof.
Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.
The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive
and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The
information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre,
the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation
originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.
