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AKA: Holy Moses. Status: Retired 1957. First Launch: 1945-10-13. Last Launch: 1957-02-15. Number: 32 . Payload: 2.40 kg (5.20 lb). Thrust: 25.00 kN (5,620 lbf). Gross mass: 63 kg (138 lb). Burn time: 0.90 s. Height: 1.83 m (6.00 ft). Diameter: 0.12 m (0.39 ft). Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
HVAR began with service frustration with original 5-inch version of the FFAR. Development of a larger rocket motor, still using the same 5 inch diameter, resulted in a rocket with a velocity 1530 km-h (950 mph) while delivering a warhead of the same size. First tests began in December 1943. Dubbed Holy Moses, the rocket became operational in July 1944 and was used by both the US Army Air Force and Navy. The GP round was fitted with tail and nose fuses, the armor-piercing round with a nose fuse. After the war versions with shaped-charge anti-tank warheads and proximity fuses were developed. More than one million HVARs were built by the time production ended in 1955.
0 kg (5.20 lb). Maximum range: 1.50 km (0.90 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Maximum speed: 1,610 kph (1,000 mph).
Historical Essay on the Military Version - © Andreas Parsch
The 5-inch FFAR suffered from insufficient speed because of its small motor. Therefore the development of a larger rocket motor with 5-inch diameter was begun, and the first test firings occurred in December 1943. When fitted with the warhead of the 5-inch FFAR, the rocket achieved a velocity of 1530 km-h (950 mph), making it a very powerful weapon for its time. It was officially designated as 5-Inch HVAR (High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket), but often called Holy Moses. It became operational in July 1944, and was used by Army Air Force and Navy aircraft.
During World War II, two versions of Holy Moses were built, one general-purpose with base and nose fuzes, and one with a semi-armour-piercing warhead and a nose fuze only. Postwar developments added a shaped-charge anti-tank warhead, and a new general purpose type with a proximity fuze. More than one million Holy Moses HVARs were built until production ended in 1955.
| HVAR FFAR American test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x HVAR + 1 x Mk7 |
Country: USA. Propellants: Solid. Launch Sites: Wallops Island, White Sands. Agency: NASA. Bibliography: 2.
1945 October 13 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1945 October 13 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1945 October 13 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1945 October 13 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1945 October 14 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1945 October 14 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1947 April 24 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1947 May 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1948 June 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1948 July 8 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1948 September 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1948 October 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1949 January 11 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1949 May 12 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1950 May 18 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1950 July 18 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1950 August 24 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1950 September 15 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1950 October 2 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR. FAILURE: Failure.
1950 October 10 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1950 November 9 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1950 December 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1950 December 19 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1951 March 1 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR. FAILURE: Failure.
1951 July 9 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1951 July 27 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1951 August 22 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1951 September 12 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1952 May 16 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1952 June 3 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1952 September 5 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1952 October 3 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1952 October 3 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1952 November 14 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: HVAR. Launch Vehicle: HVAR FFAR.
1952 November 24 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1953 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1953 October 7 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1953 November 3 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1954? - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1954 January 21 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1954 March 2 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
1954 September 29 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
- Nation: USA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1954 September 29 - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
- Nation: USA. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
1957 February 15 - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: HVAR.
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