Steam Locomotive Museum in
Keuruu,
Finland (1883) Early in 1935, Henschel began manufacturing
Panzer I tanks. During
World War II, the firm was responsible for license production of the
Dornier Do 17Z medium bomber, and in 1939–1940 it began large-scale production of the
Panzer III. Henschel was the sole manufacturer of the
Tiger I, and alongside
Porsche the
Tiger II.In 1945, the company had 8,000 workers working in two shifts each of 12 hours, and
forced labour was used extensively. The company's factories, which also manufactured
narrow-gauge locomotives, were among the most important Allied bomber targets and were nearly completely destroyed.
Aviation Henschel Flugzeugwerke aircraft and missiles included: •
Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (Butterfly),
rocket-engined
surface-to-air missile •
Henschel Hs 121, fighter and trainer (prototype) •
Henschel Hs 122,
army co-operation/reconnaissance •
Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane) •
Henschel Hs 124, heavy fighter and bomber (prototype) •
Henschel Hs 125, fighter and trainer (prototype) •
Henschel Hs 126, reconnaissance •
Henschel Hs 127, fast medium bomber (
Schnellbomber prototype) •
Henschel Hs 128, high-altitude reconnaissance and bomber (prototypes) •
Henschel Hs 129, ground-attack •
Henschel Hs 130, high altitude reconnaissance and bomber (prototypes) •
Henschel Hs 132,
jet-engined dive bomber (prototype) •
Henschel Hs 135,
delta wing •
Henschel Hs 293,
rocket-boosted
glide bomb •
Henschel Hs 294, rocket-powered anti-shipping glide bomb •
Henschel Hs 295 •
Henschel Hs 296 •
Henschel Hs 297 Föhn, 73mm anti-aircraft rocket-launcher •
Henschel Hs 298, rocket-powered
air-to-air missile •
Henschel Projekt P.75, a 1941 design with slightly swept-back wings placed at the rear, swept-back
canards at the front, and double
pusher propellers at the rear. •
Henschel Projekt P.87, a
Schnellbomber design similar to the Hs P.75, except that the canards in the front are straight and the wing is curved. •
Henschel 'Zitterrochen' (Torpedofish),
air-to-surface missile (pre-production only) ==Trolleybuses==