The Hs 297 was a trainable launcher that fired a barrage in hopes that volume would hit an incoming target. A few secret sets were built and later captured by US forces, which helps explain the surviving photographs and examples. The concept repeated the appeal of massed rockets without resolving the uncertain relationship between volume, aiming, and actual interception. An ingenious weapon was still an uncertain use of scarce industrial effort.
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Hs 297 shows the cost of another barrage system
The Hs 297 offered another trainable rocket barrage, but its limited viability raised the familiar question of whether Germany should have spent resources elsewhere.