Editing Nebelwerfer (section)

== Name ==
The {{lang|de|Nebelwerfer}}{{'}}s name, which translates as "fog launcher",<ref name="Zetterling_NW">{{cite book |last=Zetterling |first1=Niklas |last2=Frankson |first2= Anders |title=The Drive on Moscow, 1941: Operation Taifun And Germany's First Great Crisis Of World War II |chapter=Cutt Off |edition=1 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |date=7 May 2013 |page=109 |isbn=978-1480406629 |quote=In the German army, the rocket artillery was called 'Nebelwerfer' which means 'fog launcher'. There was already an older weapons system with that name, which was used to project artificial fog on the battlefield. Two different kinds of mortars had been developed for this purpose, the Nebelwerfer 35 and the 10cm Nebelwerfer 40. To disguise the new weapon, it was given the same name as the system already in use. This was probably not intended to be any more than temporary, but the name would linger.}}</ref><ref name="Bergstrom_NW">{{cite book |last=Bergström |first1= Christer |title=The Ardennes, 1944-1945: Hitler's Winter Offensive |chapter=Glossary and Guide to Abbreviations |publisher=Casemate |date=3 November 2014 |pages=12 |isbn= 978-1612002774 |quote=Nebelwerfer (fog launcher), German rocket artillery. }}</ref><ref name="Mongáin 2022 n777">{{cite web | last=Mongáin | first=Colm Ó | title=The weapons used, feared and threatened in Ukraine war | website=RTÉ | date=2022-04-06 | url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0406/1290608-weapons-explainer/ | access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref> had previously been given to a smoke-generating {{lang|de|Nebelwerfer}} 35, and was later used for the [[10 cm Nebelwerfer 40|10 cm ''Nebelwerfer'' 40]], which could deliver shells with chemical munitions, as well as high-explosive shells. The same name was then used for later rocket launcher systems. The name {{lang|de|Nebelwerfer}} did remain in use for both systems, which was possibly not originally intended.<ref name="Zetterling_NW"></ref><ref name="Bergstrom_NW"></ref> The loud, shrill howling noise of the incoming rockets led Allied soldiers in the [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily campaign]] to give it the nicknames "Screaming Mimi" and "Moaning Minnie".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/rocket/index.html|title=Germany's Rocket and Recoilless Weapons|date=March 1945|work=Intelligence Bulletin|access-date=2009-05-24}}</ref>

[[Rudolf Nebel]], a German [[aviator]] and rocket builder whose last name translates as "fog", is sometimes incorrectly named as the inventor of the {{lang|de|Nebelwerfer}} artillery. Nebel did, however, develop a powder-based rocket system with the same name that he used as a fighter pilot during [[World War I]],<ref>[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/125-geburtstag-von-rudolf-nebel-pionier-der-raketentechnik.871.de.html?dram:article_id=443945 125. Geburtstag von Rudolf Nebel: Pionier der Raketentechnik] Deutschlandfunk</ref> downing two British planes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grosz |first=Peter M. |title=Halberstadt Fighters - Classics of WWI Aviation, Volume 1 |url= |year=1996 |publisher=Albatros Publications |location=Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, UK |isbn=0-948414-86-3 |page=10}}</ref>