- 1919 as
Reichwaffenamt (RWA), and 5 May 1922 the name was
changed to
Heereswaffenamt (HWA). The task of
overseeing Germany's
gigantic pre-World War II rearmament...
- JetTrain. The
Third Reich Wehrmacht Heer's
development division, the
Heereswaffenamt (Army
Ordnance Board),
studied a
number of gas
turbine engine designs...
-
second effort under the
administrative purview of the Wehrmacht's
Heereswaffenamt began on
September 1, 1939, the day of the
invasion of Poland. The...
- the university's
physical chemistry department and
advisor to the
Heereswaffenamt (HWA, Army
Ordnance Office) on explosives.
Harteck and his teaching...
-
submachine gun
produced by Erma
Werke in 1943. It was
rejected by the
Heereswaffenamt. The EMP 44
fires from an open bolt. The
caliber is 9×19mm Parabellum...
- 1940, a
prototype rifle from
Haenel and
Walther was
tested by the
Heereswaffenamt at Kummersdorf. It had
multiple jams,
several barrels bulged, and one...
-
aircraft type
numbers allocated by an
institution under the
direction of
Heereswaffenamt (before May 1933) and the
Reich Air
Ministry (RLM)
between 1933 and...
-
taken out of
storage during times of strife. In
February 1934, the
Heereswaffenamt (Army
Weapons Agency)
ordered the
adoption of a new
military rifle...
-
submachine guns such as the MP 40. It has been suggested, however, that the
Heereswaffenamt was
responsible for the name Sturmgewehr, and
Hitler had no
input besides...
- five
military proving grounds under the
German Army
Weapons Office (
Heereswaffenamt).: 85
Several German guided missiles and
rockets of
World War II were...
