Unknown bomb torpedo warhead found in Poland

[Grzesio]

A warhead of an unknown Bombentorpedo type projectile was found recently by the Tank Hunter team in Gdynia Babie Doły, Poland, on the grounds of the former TVP Gotenhafen Hexengrund (where two or three complete rocket powered BT 1000s were found some 10 years ago).

The warhead was 46 cm in diameter and some 200 cm long, with a distinctive nose, formed by a huge ballistic plate with a spike. Thus, I think, the projectile could be possibly made by Henschel.

Sadly, the warhead was preventively blown by the EOD team, as they were unable to establish, if it contained HE.

 

[AKON_]

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There is no better solution than to destroy it with an explosion. For example, let the explosives burn freely and thus save the technical object? If you destroy everything, you will have nothing to teach your successors...
Akon

 

[kz11gr]

CUT IT .

 

[Natter]

I don't understand that polish-language video, but they seem to display random photos of various weapons with illustrations including some from Hahns book. It's strange that they didn't pick up the most likely candidate for this object: The front part of an Eintauchbombe 250 (EB 250), which I'm still convinced is the answer.

 

[Grzesio]

The weapon they found was not the EB 250 - although I'd say, its nose may suggest it was made by Henschel indeed.

 

[Natter]

I'm not an expert on the topic, and without proper/certain data in terms of measurements and specifications on for instance the EB 250, it's hard to be sure of anything. A Henschel missile is certainly not an option though.

 

[Natter]

The weapon they found was not the EB 250 - although I'd say, its nose may suggest it was made by Henschel indeed.

I have seen some of these book-pages being posted here and there but noone seem to bother giving information on the source (title/author)?
I would also like to know the point of making it look "old"...

 

[Grzesio]

I have seen some of these book-pages being posted here and there but noone seem to bother giving information on the source (title/author)?
I would also like to know the point of making it look "old"...

Well, I'm the author actually (please, see the lower left corner) - only very few of my drawings were ever published on paper so far (in a magazine article on Foehn, Fliegerfaust and Taifun).
The "old look" is just, say, a form of copyright protection. I've been creating 2D or 3D images of German missiles for some 25 years and some of them are circulating here and there on the internet, on different websites or even in pdf publications, without any credits nor my permission.