Editing Retrorocket (section)

==History==
Rockets were fitted to the nose of some models of the [[DFS 230]], a  [[World War II]] German [[Military glider]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Bishop |first= Charles |title= Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War 2 |publisher= Metro Books |year= 1998|page= 408 |isbn= 1-58663-762-2}}</ref> This enabled the aircraft to land in more confined areas than would otherwise be possible during an airborne assault.

Another World War II development was the British [[Hajile]] project, initiated by the British Admiralty's [[Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development|Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development]]. Originally a request from the British Army as a method to drop heavy equipment or vehicles from aircraft flying at high speeds and altitudes, the project turned out to be a disaster and was largely forgotten after the war. Although some of the tests turned out to be successful, Hajile was too unpredictable to be used in conventional warfare, and by the time the war drew to a close, with no chance to put the project into action, it was shelved. Later Soviet experiments used this technique, braking large air-dropped cargos after a parachute descent.