Ke-Go was one of the first
guided weapons
A precision-guided munition (PGM, smart weapon, smart munition, smart bomb) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets. During the First Gulf ...
, deployed by the
Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal
had many names, each depending on the period of its existence, and the circumstances at that time. Many of the names were acronyms that were derived from its military name or designation, which changed from time to time. The arsenal was sometim ...
.
Testing three models of the first bombs were made in early 1945. The bombs were dropped on the heat target 10 × 30 meters (the fire burning on the raft). The results were not satisfactory, despite the fact that the homing head worked quite satisfactorily. Only 5 or 6 out of 50 bombs dropped hit the target. Based on these results, the fleet created two new models with improved guidance, but by the time the bombs were ready for testing, the war ended.
See also
*
Bat (U.S. Navy radar-guided bomb)
*
Fritz X
*
Ohka
The Yokosuka MXY-7 was a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided ''kamikaze'' attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of the Pacific War during World War II. Although extremely fast, the very short range of t ...
*
Project Pigeon
*
Gargoyle
In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle () is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it from running down masonry walls ...
*
GB-4
GB-4 (Glide Bomb No.4) was a precision guided munition developed by the United States during World War II. GB-4s used a television guidance system with the weapon being steered by a TV bombardier operating a joystick in the launch aircraft.
The ...
*
GB-8
}
The GB-1, also known as the "Grapefruit bomb" and as XM-108,379th 2000 p.39. was a glide bomb produced by Aeronca Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Intended to allow bombers to release bombs from outside the rang ...
*
Kehl-Strasbourg radio control link, for
MCLOS control of WW II German PGM ordnance
*
List of anti-ship missiles
*
List of World War II guided missiles of Germany
During World War II, Nazi Germany developed many missile and precision-guided munition systems.
These included the first cruise missile, the first short-range ballistic missile, the first guided surface-to-air missiles, and the first anti-ship mi ...
*
Kramer X4
The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 was a wire-guided air-to-air missile designed by Germany during World War II. The X-4 did not see operational service and thus was not proven in combat but inspired considerable post-war work a ...
- Max Kramer's air-to-air guided missile
*
Funryu
*
Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko
Kawasaki Ki-147 I-Go Type1 – Ko was a radio-guided air to surface missile used by Empire of Japan, Japan in World War II.
Specifications
*Length:
*Wing Span:
*Height:
*Wing Area: 3.60 sq ...
*
Kawasaki Ki-148
Kawasaki Igo-1-B, otherwise known as Kawasaki Ki-148 was a World War II Japanese guided air-to-surface missile designed in 1944. Developed along its sister projects of Kawasaki Igo-1-A and Tokyo Imperial University designed Igo-1-C, the Igo-1-B ...
*
Nikitin PSN-1
*
Nikitin PSN-2
The Nikitin PSN-2, (''Planer Spetsial'nogo Naznachenaya'' - glider for special purpose) was a single seat Glider aircraft, glider bomb research aircraft designed and produced in the USSR from 1934.
Development
The PSN-2 was a glider floatplane d ...
*
*
*
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ-200J-0032-0065%20Report%20X-02-1.pdf, title=Japanese guided missiles, date=1945, publisher=US naval technical mission to japan, access-date=2012-10-12, archive-date=2012-05-08, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508033607/http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ-200J-0032-0065%20Report%20X-02-1.pdf
World War II guided missiles
World War II aerial bombs of Japan
Guided bombs