1/72 AV Models Rocket EMW A-10 - German Manned Ballistic Missile Concept V.1 (1945)
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
Rare, very large 1/72 scale model of this manned ballistic missile design. Features finely cast resin parts with recessed surface detail, cast metal details, photoetched parts. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Designed to strike the American East Coast, the EMW A-10 was a two-stage ballistic missile based on the venerable A-4, better known as the V-2. In this first version, plans called for the first stage to carry six EMW engines that fed into a common nozzle. The upper stage (the A-9) would carry a pilot as well as the missile's warhead (perhaps a nuclear weapon). An interesting feature of this arrangement was that the upper stage was to be embedded within the first instead of being stacked as is common with all modern multi-stage rockets. According to the proposed scenario, the pilot would be guided across the Atlantic to his target by a series of strategically placed U-boats and then bail out just as the rocket went into its final dive.
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