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Wilhelm Unge

Swedish inventor

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contribution to rocket technology

  • FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
    In rocket and missile system: The 19th century

    …the turn of the century, Wilhelm Unge invented a device described as an “aerial torpedo.” Based upon the stickless Hale rocket, it incorporated a number of design improvements. One of these was a rocket motor nozzle that caused the gas flow to converge and then diverge. Another was the use…

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