Technical simplicity did not guarantee Typhoon's operational viability. Long wars usually reward adapting familiar technology because states cannot easily absorb the risk of a wholly new system failing. Typhoon fit that logic because it was comparatively simple and reliable. Its barrage method nevertheless required tens of thousands of rockets and production approaching the millions of rounds associated with British Z Batteries. Germany lacked that industrial scale by the time the design was available. The weapon might have damaged bomber streams in mass, but without mass production its basic method could not work as intended.
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Typhoon needs mass production to matter
Germany's Typhoon rocket was relatively simple and reliable, but its barrage method required production on a scale Germany could not sustain.