Most feasible/effective Wunderwaffe?

I know majority of the Wunderwaffe was garbage but I was wondering if there were any that would been actually decent?

And yes I know it's not a game changer so they'll automatically win I am simply enquiring about the most plausible design?
 

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V-1 missile. It cost at least 3 times more for the Allies than the Germans. That factors in damage, defending against it, evacuations, bombing attacks on launch sites etc. for the Allies and development, production, and defending launch sites for the Germans. It was the most effective/cost effective of the Wunderwaffe. The jet engine could have been the most useful if the Germans got it into production soon enough.
 
Arado AR 234 Blitz.
Stick a TV camera in the nose of a V1 as well as fitting some RC gear and you get a formidable weapon for the time. The Luddendorf Bridge wouldn't have stood a chance.
 
Arado AR 234 Blitz.
Stick a TV camera in the nose of a V1 as well as fitting some RC gear and you get a formidable weapon for the time. The Luddendorf Bridge wouldn't have stood a chance.

That was it's main problem, vibrated so much they couldn't use any guidance beyond altitude and course holding, with a crude range estimator.

The US in building the Loon, the V-1 copy, could do command link due to having tubes strong enough for proximity fuze use.
 
Mass produce the Ta-152 ,and put more time and resources into the Me-262(no V-2) to turn it into a reliable front line bomber interceptor. Be more realistic in selecting the next generation of jet engines,most wonderwaffa aircraft were to use a high powered engine that didn't work.
 
V1 by far. It allowed them to restart the Blitz despite allied air superiority without putting pilots at risk. The psychological effect was huge.

A close second - Fritz-X, which could have been a game changer if resources had been appropriately directed especially early in the war and doubly if they shared it with the Japanese.
 
While they would have still been too late to effect the course of the war the Electroboats had the potential to make a real nuisance of themselves.
 
That was it's main problem, vibrated so much they couldn't use any guidance beyond altitude and course holding, with a crude range estimator.

The US in building the Loon, the V-1 copy, could do command link due to having tubes strong enough for proximity fuze use.

FKFS/Dr Schmitt - the originator of the pulse jet ideas - continued research through the war & improved engine life to 3.5 hours. FKFS research also showed that when a pair of pulsejets were mounted side by side , they automatically went out of phase canceling out each others vibration effects , however the combined thrust was less than two pulsejets.

BY 1944 Schmitt developed a duct [augmenter] that allowed pulse jet to operate up to 12.5km altitude @ 3/4 of the thrust , while at sea-level the thrust was 90%. Historically the Argus -014 pulse jet plunged from 728lb thrust @ sea level to 529lb @ 3km. Further this thrust reduced sharply and was not effective above 8km altitude.

So a larger 2.7 ton V-1 could be built with twin augmenter/pulsejets and 1.5t fuel. Such a V-1B should manage 225miles @ 435mph @ 1km altitude. Even the first gen Meteor could only manage 435mph @ 1km altitude.
 
And we'll drop those guided bombs from our...

Hrm.

Arado AR 234 Blitz.
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Jet delivered guided bombs.

A close second - Fritz-X, which could have been a game changer if resources had been appropriately directed especially early in the war and doubly if they shared it with the Japanese.
Yes, now you are talking.
But in both theaters, a wunderwaffe as this before the war was lost/won would have had horrible effects.
Add in the type xxi's and you would have had a war winner. However, this goes beyond even the year early threads
 
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