Luftfaust B Blueprint

Chefsache! When browsing the archives, you will certainly stumble upon one or more documents prominently featuring this stamp. Besides the ever present “Nur für Dienstgebrauch” (n.f.D.) or “Geheime Kommandosache” (gKdos.), Chefsache was one of the military confidentiality levels used within the Wehrmacht. Material marked with “Chefsache” was of the highest importance and classified top secret, meant only for staff officers.

Not quite what you expect in an article about the Luftfaust, right? I have chosen the name Chefsache for a new format I’m introducing, of which this article is the first. Although I would like to post content regularly, I find that it just is not feasible to post articles of the standard I desire on a regular basis. The amount of research involved simply takes too much time. This new format will feature posts in a bite-sized format, with content too long to post on social media, but not nearly as long as some of my other articles. These posts will only contain the important bits (only the chefsache, so to speak), keeping them on-topic and concise 🙂

Now, without further a due, on to the topic of this first instalment of Chefsache, which is this Luftfaust B blueprint. The drawing was split across multiple frames in the archive, and I’ve stitched the individual frames together for better viewing. The Luftfaust was meant as a cheap man-portable anti-aircraft weapon and featured multiple rocket projectiles.

The drawing with number ‘G 2523’ is dated 2 December 1944. The Luftfaust was being developed by HASAG (Hugo Schneider AG) of Leipzig, which had also been responsible for the Panzerfaust. Interestingly, the original drawing is larger than the real thing, being in scale 2 to 1 (M = Maßstab). Note the drawing contains multiple references to subassemblies, which are suffixed with a ‘U’ for Unterzeichnung or subdrawing.

In the lower right-hand corner the weight of the ammunition and charge are jotted down in pencil:

If you’re interested in learning more about the Luft- and Fliegerfaust, I recommend you have a look at the video Military History Visualized below. I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, and I’d be happy to hear more about what you think of this new format.
Till the next one!