Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 29-Apr-2026

It is Westphälisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff AG, of Reinsdorf.

-A manufacturer of several solid rocket engines for use in small and medium weapons. For example, the Wasag 109-506 was used in the first anti-tank missile in history, the Ruhrstahl-Kramer X-7.

-It used the solid propellant Dyglycol bipropellant.

X-7 Rotkäppchen II, drawing 1

X-7 Rotkäppchen II, drawing 2
“Two drawings of the X-7 Rotkäppchen II”

-The Rotkäppchen (Little Red Riding Hood) had wire-guided versions I and II. It had a 150 lbf thrust engine.

-Other versions of the X-7 included the infrared-guided Steinbock (Capricorn).

-The electro-optical guided paintbrush, similar to the Pfeifenkopf or Pipe, or rather, the Pipe's bowl.

Patent sheet
“Patent sheet”

Post-WWII patent of this well-known German rocket brand.

-Two types of rockets are shown: single-stage and two-stage.

-The Wasag 109-512 was an engine compatible with the one used in the Henschel Hs-293 ​​weapon (which we have already seen in Walter, Germany), capable of propelling it with 1200 kgf of thrust.

-The Wasag 109-522 and 109-532, also using Dyglycol, was intended for use in other armaments.

Engines of WASAG

Model: 109-506

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Model: 109-512

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Model: 109-522

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Model: 109-532

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