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The Fritz X weapon that struck Warspite

A museum comparison prompts a quick assessment of the Fritz X weapon used against HMS Warspite.

Question

Was the museum Fritz X display about the size of the weapon that hit HMS Warspite?

Short answer

The Warspite weapon may have been a little larger, but the displayed scale was broadly comparable.

Notes

The weapon that struck Warspite may have been slightly larger than the displayed comparison bomb, though not dramatically so. The museum object remains a broadly sound scale comparison rather than an exact match. The prompt supplies only the exhibit comparison, without detailed weapon measurements, so the answer is deliberately cautious. Even so, the moment gives a useful physical sense of the guided bomb's scale.