Nebelwerfer is German for "smoke projector." This six-barreled rocket launcher was standard equipment in the German Army during World War II. It was called the "Moaning Minnie" by American troops due ...

Both sides fielded terrifying rocket artillery in World War II. The Soviet Katyusha and the German Nebelwerfer shocked troops and reshaped battlefields—but they were designed for different purposes.

Devised in utter secrecy as early as 1934, the German engineers disguised their Nebelwerfer Multiple Rocket Launcher as a smoke projector. League of Nations intelligence believed Germany was producing ...