1. Heavy cannon To include: Mauser MG 151/20 (many types) 30 mm MK 108 (close-range anti-bomber weapon, Fw 190 and Me 262) 55 mm MK 112 55 mm MK 114 (long-barrelled cannon fitted to nose of Me 262) 30 mm MK 101 30 mm MK 103 ' Schräge Musik ' upward-firing, fuselage-mounted, cannon installation for nightfighters against RAF heavy bombers (20 and 30 mm configurations) 37 mm Flak 18 (Ju 87G ground-attack, used against Soviet armour on Eastern Front) 5 cm BK automatic cannon (Me 410 anti-bomber weapon, trialled operationally) 7.5 cm BK cannon (Hs 129 and He 177 ground-attack, trialled on Hs 129) 2. Air-to-Air To include: 21 cm WGr.21 underwing air-to-air mortar (adapted army weapon used by fighter units in Defence of the Reich missions against Allied daylight bomber formations) SG 116 Zellendusche recoilless, photo-electric cell-operated, vertically firing anti-bomber weapon SG 118 MK 108 multiple 'barrel blocks' (one-time 30 mm shell batteries installed in He 162 Volksjäger jet fighter) SG 119 MK 108 extra-multiple 'barrel blocks' (49 barrels, intended for Bachem Natter and other experimental rocket interceptors) SG 500 Jägerfaust 5 cm recoilless, photo-electric cell-operated (anti-bomber weapon intended and trialled in Me 163 rocket fighter) Gustloff HF 15 15 mm high-speed underwing rotating cannon RZ 65 Föhn and RZ 73 wing rockets 55 mm R4M Orkan air-to-air rockets (used by Me 262 jet fighters against USAAF bomber formations) Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided missile (tested by Fw 190s and Ju 88s and intended for new Ta 183 jet interceptor) Hs 298 air-to-air missile (first missile designed specifically for air-to-air use, tested on Ju 88 and intended for use by modified Do 217s and Fw 190s) 3. Air-to-Sea To include: Henschel Hs 293 rocket-powered, radio-controlled, anti-ship glide-bomb (used operationally by Fw 200s, He 177s and Do 217s against Allied ships) Air-launched torpedoes - Lufttorpedo (LT) F5b, F5w, LT 350, BV L10 and L950 glider torpedo carriers BV 143 air-launched, glide-bomb BT 400 torpedo-bomb BV 246 Hagelkorn guided glide-bomb SB 500 Kurt bouncing anti-ship bomb 4. Air-to-Ground To include: 705 mm Panzerschreck and Panzerblitz air-to-ground missiles SG 113a Förstersonde recoilless, single-shot, photo-electric cell-operated, downward-firing anti-tank cannon (Fw 190 and Hs 129) SG 117 Rohrblock recoilless, photo-electric cell-operated, downward-firing anti-tank weapon 5. Radical measures The operations of Erprobungskommando 25, the Luftwaffe's anti-bomber weapons evaluation unit - chemical sprays, dropping of steel nets, cable bombs, towed bombs etc.
Artificially produced gusts of air for de-stabilising bomber formations. 6. The aircraft as a weapon To include: Mistel composite bombers Manned FZG 76 flying bomb 'Reichenberg' Air-launched V1 flying bombs Sonderkommando Elbe - planned ramming operation.