8 cm Flz.-Rakete Oerlikon

• Name — 8 cm Flz.-Rakete Oerlikon • Origin — Switzerland • Type — Unguided air-to-surface rocket • Is Ranged — yes • Service — until 1991 • Used By — Swiss Air Force • Design Date — 1947–1952 • Manufacturer — Oerlikon-Bührle • Variants — HEF (impact fuze) HEF (proximity fuze) HEAT (25 cm penetration) Inert training • Weight — ca 10-12,3 kg without warhead • Length — 600-1 050 mm (depending on variant) • Diameter — 80 mm • Caliber — 80 mm • Velocity — 650-700 m/s • Range — 1500 m (HEAT) • Sights — Contrave

• Illustration — The three main parts of the rocket The rocket consists essentially of three parts: • The drive unit with the solid rocket fuel inside and four tail fins and two mounting devices with which the rocket is attached to the weapon carrier. • The warhead, Optional is a high-explosive fragmentation and hollow-charge or for training an inert warhead. • The impact fuse. There is also a "Manipulier" (training / inert) version of the rocket, containing no explosives and no rocket propellant, but identical to the real projectile in shape, aerodynamic and weight. The rocket was used on the de Havilland Venom and Hawker Hunter fighters. The use in the FFA P-16 was planned, but it was only used for trials and testing of the P-16 prototypes because these aircraft never went into serial production. For the projectiles, there were three different weapons carrier / Pylons: • Pylon for a single rocket • Pylon for two rockets in tandem • Pylon for four missiles on each pylon side in tandem

• On aircraft fitted with 2 and 4 pylon • various images of the rocket