Zeppelin Rammer

Rammer

Role  | Ramming interceptor
National origin | Nazi Germany
Manufacturer  | Zeppelin
Primary user  | Luftwaffe

The Zeppelin Rammer (German: Rammjäger) was a design proposal by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin intended to use aerial ramming against the allied bombers attacking Nazi Germany during World War II.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

A rocket-powered small aircraft with straight, constant-chord wings, the aircraft was to be towed or carried aloft by another aircraft and released when near enemy bombers.[1] Igniting a Schmidding 533 solid-fuel rocket engine, it was to make a first attacking pass using the 14 nose-mounted R4M 55 mm rockets, before attempting to ram the enemy bomber's wings or tail.[2] The aircraft was expected to survive the ramming of the bomber, owing to the strength of its wing which had a steel leading edge. It would have landed on a retractable skid.[3]

Owing to the high risk for the pilot inherent in its operation this aircraft is sometimes referred to as a suicide weapon,[4] however it was originally not intended as such. After January 1945 an order for sixteen prototypes was placed but the Zeppelin factory was subsequently destroyed by bombers, ending all work on the project.[3]

## See also

* Aerial ramming
* Emergency Fighter Program

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

* Bachem Ba 349 Natter
* DFS Eber
* DFS Rammer
* Fliegende Panzerfaust
* Focke-Wulf Volksjäger
* Northrop XP-79 known colloquially as the "flying chainsaw"

Related lists

* List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45
* List of rocket aircraft

## References

1. ↑ Ford, Roger (2013). Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II. London, United Kingdom: Amber Books. pp. 224. ISBN 9781909160569.
2. ↑ Germany's Secret Weapons in World War II (excerpt via Google Books) - Wood, Paul & Ford, Roger, Zenith Imprint, 2000, ISBN:0-7603-0847-0, p. 144
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michel Van Pelt, Rocketing Into the Future: The History and Technology of Rocket Planes, p. 100
4. ↑ German Suicidal Aircraft

## External links

* Flying rams
* Zeppelin Rammer model (in Russian)

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Zeppelin aircraft

Lighter-than-air
(airships)|

| Manufacturer
hull
numbers|

| A Class|

* LZ 1

|

B Class|

* LZ 2
* LZ 3

C Class|

* LZ 4
* LZ 5

D Class|

* LZ 6

E Class|

* LZ 7
* LZ 8

F Class|

* LZ 9
* LZ 10
* LZ 12

G Class|

* LZ 11
* LZ 13

H Class|

* LZ 14
* LZ 15
* LZ 16
* LZ 17
* LZ 19
* LZ 20

I Class|

* LZ 18

J Class|

* skipped

K Class|

* LZ 21

L Class|

* LZ 22
* LZ 23

M Class|

* LZ 24
* LZ 25
* LZ 27
* LZ 28
* LZ 29
* LZ 30
* LZ 31
* LZ 32
* LZ 33
* LZ 34
* LZ 35
* LZ 37

N Class|

* LZ 26

O Class|

* LZ 36
* LZ 39

P Class|

* LZ 38
* LZ 40
* LZ 41
* LZ 42
* LZ 43
* LZ 44
* LZ 45
* LZ 46
* LZ 47
* LZ 48
* LZ 49
* LZ 50
* LZ 51
* LZ 52
* LZ 53
* LZ 54
* LZ 55
* LZ 56
* LZ 57
* LZ 58
* LZ 60
* LZ 63

Q Class|

* LZ 59
* LZ 61
* LZ 64
* LZ 65
* LZ 66
* LZ 67
* LZ 68
* LZ 69
* LZ 71
* LZ 73
* LZ 77
* LZ 81

R Class|

* LZ 62
* LZ 72
* LZ 74
* LZ 75
* LZ 76
* LZ 78
* LZ 79
* LZ 80
* LZ 82
* LZ 83
* LZ 84
* LZ 85
* LZ 86
* LZ 87
* LZ 88
* LZ 89
* LZ 90

S Class|

* LZ 91
* LZ 92

T Class|

* LZ 93
* LZ 94

U Class|

* LZ 95
* LZ 96
* LZ 97
* LZ 98
* LZ 99

V Class|

* LZ 100
* LZ 101
* LZ 103
* LZ 105
* LZ 106
* LZ 107
* LZ 108
* LZ 109
* LZ 110
* LZ 111

W Class|

* LZ 102
* LZ 104

X Class|

* LZ 112
* LZ 113
* LZ 114

Post-war|

* LZ 120
* LZ 121
* LZ 126
* LZ 127
* LZ 129
* LZ 130

Unbuilt|

* LZ 70
* LZ 115–LZ 119
* LZ 122–LZ 125
* LZ 128
* LZ 131–LZ 132

Operator's
identification|

| Names|

* Bodensee
* Deutschland
* Deutschland II
* Esperia
* Graf Zeppelin
* Graf Zeppelin II
* Hindenburg
* Hansa
* USS Los Angeles
* Méditerranée
* Nordstern
* Sachsen
* Schwaben
* Viktoria Luise

|

Army Z
designations1|

* Z I
* Ersatz Z I
* Ersatz Z I (2)
* Z II
* Ersatz Z II
* Z III
* Z IV
* Z V
* Z VI
* Z VII
* Z VIII
* Z IX
* Z X
* Z XI
* Z XII

Army LZ
designations2|

* LZ 34
* LZ 35
* LZ 37
* LZ 38
* LZ 39
* LZ 72
* LZ 74
* LZ 77
* LZ 79
* LZ 81
* LZ 85
* LZ 86
* LZ 87
* LZ 88
* LZ 90
* LZ 93
* LZ 95
* LZ 97
* LZ 98
* LZ 101
* LZ 103
* LZ 107
* LZ 111
* LZ 113
* LZ 120

Navy L
designations|

* L 1
* L 2
* L 3
* L 4
* L 5
* L 6
* L 7
* L 8
* L 9
* L 10
* L 11
* L 12
* L 13
* L 14
* L 15
* L 16
* L 17
* L 18
* L 19
* L 20
* L 21
* L 22
* L 23
* L 24
* L 30
* L 31
* L 32
* L 33
* L 34
* L 35
* L 36
* L 37
* L 38
* L 39
* L 40
* L 41
* L 42
* L 43
* L 44
* L 45
* L 46
* L 47
* L 48
* L 49
* L 50
* L 51
* L 52
* L 53
* L 54
* L 55
* L 56
* L 57
* L 58
* L 59
* L 60
* L 61
* L 62
* L 63
* L 64
* L 65
* L 70
* L 71
* L 72

Heavier-than-air
(aeroplanes)|

| Zeppelin-Staaken|

* 8301
* VGO.I
* VGO.II
* VGO.III
* R.IV
* R.V
* R.VI
* R.VII
* R.XIV
* R.XV
* R.XVI
* E.4/20

|

Zeppelin-Lindau|

* CL.I
* CL.II
* CS.I
* D.I
* Rs.I
* Rs.II
* Rs.III
* Rs.IV
* V1

Zeppelin Flugzeugebau|

* C.I
* C.II
* C.IV

Other|

* L 1
* Rammer
* Fliegende Panzerfaust
* ZSO 523
* ZMe 323
* ZMe 423

1Early Army designations, used pre-war. 2Wartime Army LZ designations were not always matched to Zeppelin's LZ hull number.

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