C&R · IV · 073
15cm Nebelwerfer 41 rocket launcher
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 83 ↗
German, 15cm Nebelwerfer, 41 (150mm) Rocket Launcher.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1940–1945.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 83 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “15 cm Nebelwerfer 41” ↗, action: six-tube rocket launcher on a towed carriage: Other
- 2. Wikipedia, “15 cm Nebelwerfer 41” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): 'The first weapon to be delivered to the troops was the 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 in 1940'; 'six thousand launchers were manufactured over the course of the war'; end year 1945 is our estimate
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: High → Medium. Re-rated after its references were re-checked and some details couldn't be confirmed.
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-220-0634-12, Russland, Laden eines Nebelwerfers.jpg” by Scheffler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “15 cm Nebelwerfer 41”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 was a German multiple rocket launcher used in the Second World War. It served with units of the Nebeltruppen, German Chemical Corps units that had the responsibility for poison gas and smoke weapons that were also used to deliver high-explosives during the war. The name Nebelwerfer is best translated as "smoke thrower".