[Illustration: 65. Hs-298.]
The Hs-298 was designed to combat the Allied bomber threat to wartime
Germany. This air-to-air missile could be launched from either fighter
or bomber aircraft and was in quantity production early in 1945.
It carried 45.4 kilograms (100 pounds) of high explosives that were
detonated by proximity fuse when the missile was within 9.1 meters (30
feet) of an enemy airplane.