title: Wilhelm Schmidding
text: # Wilhelm Schmidding
  
  Wilhelm Schmidding from Bodenbach, Germany, was a World War II constructor of rocket engines used for RATO. Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna).
  
  ## Engines
  
  * Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel fitted to the Henschel Hs 293H anti-ship missile.
  * Schmidding 109-533, four jettisonable RATO (1.200 kp, 11,768 kN, 10 seconds) fitted to the Bachem Ba 349 point defence vertical takeoff (VTO) interceptor.
  * Schmidding 109-543, rocket motor for the Henschel Hs 298 guided bomb.
  * Schmidding 109-553, Solid-fuel rocket booster used for the Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.
  * Schmidding 109-563, RATOG booster.
  * Schmidding 109-573, underwater propulsion gas generator.
  * Schmidding 109-593, RATOG booster.
  * Schmidding 109-603, fitted to the 8-344 Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missile.
  
  ### Applications
  
  * Bachem Ba 349
  * Henschel Hs 117
  * Henschel Hs 293H variant
  * Henschel Hs 298
  * Ruhrstahl X-4
  * Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust
  * Zeppelin Rammer
  