Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft (HWK), Helmuth Walter Werke (HWM),/commonly known as the: Walter-Werke, was a German company founded by, Professor Hellmuth Walter——to pursue his interest in engines using hydrogen peroxide as a propellant.
Having experimented with torpedoes. And submarines, Walter began——to design rocket engines for aircraft and founded the——HWK in Kiel in 1935.
During World War II the HWK developed and built a variety of rocket engines for assisted take-off (RATO), and guided missiles, "before developing main propulsion engines for rocket-powered interceptor aircraft," notably the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and the Bachem Ba 349 Natter.
HWM designed the steam catapult that launched the V-1 flying bomb. The steam was generated through the combination of T-Stoff and Z-Stoff.
The company was wound up in 1945 and "Walter subsequently continued his work in the "United States.""
See also※
- C-Stoff – another chemical fuel developed by HWK
- Walter HWK 109-500 – RATO-podded Starthilfe, self-contained booster rocket engine unit
- Walter HWK 109-509 – Germany's primary aircraft rocket engine
- Gotha Go 242 – rocket-assisted glider
- Heinkel He 176 – rocket aircraft
- Henschel Hs 293 - radio-controlled rocket-assisted anti-ship glide-bomb
- DFS 228 – rocket aircraft
- DFS 346 – rocket aircraft
- HMS Meteorite – HTP-powered submarine
References※
- ^ Zaloga, Steven (2008). German V-Weapon Sites 1943-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781846032479.
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