The Nebelwerfer

The Nebelwerfer (German for “smoke launcher“, a code name to obscure the real nature of the weapon) was a German towed rocket artillery piece, developed in the 1930s and used in World War II against light infantry targets. It had six 150 mm barrels, from which it fired 75 pound rockets; a full salvo spread over a period of ten seconds. The loud screeching noise of the rounds led U.S. soldiers in the Sicily campaign to nickname the gun the “Screaming Mimi“, and “Moaning Minnie“. It (as well as the Katyusha)