Le Prieur rocket
Cohete Le Prieur
- Date
- 1915-1916 · confidence medium
- Place
- France
- Credited to
- Yves le Prieur
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
An incendiary air-to-air rocket designed by French lieutenant Yves Le Prieur to destroy observation balloons and airships, first used at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.
What it led to
- the first use of rockets in aerial combat
- spurred the development of tactical rocket weaponry
- used against tethered balloons and zeppelins in World War I