Panzerwerfer

Panzerwerfer is the name for two different types of half-tracked multiple rocket launchers employed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The two self-propelled artillery vehicles are the "15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette Sd.Kfz.4/1" (based on the Opel "Maultier", or "mule", half-track) and "15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Schwerer Wehrmachtsschlepper" (or "Panzerwerfer auf SWS"). Some Panzerwerfers had a machinegun mounted above the cab. It was known as the "Moaning Minnie" by Allied soldiers for the distinctive noise the rockets made when fired.