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[GerritJ9]

I've seen a photo of an Me-163 with R4Ms under each wing, that seems to be a more realistic and more easily added option.

[Knochenlutscher]

No fiction, it was even reportedly combat proven.
If very rare, still.

Lt. Fritz Kelb serving with JG400 flying this SG500 armed Me163 was officially
credited with a confirmed shootout of a B-17.
Kelb later served in JG7 flying Me262 Jets, before making his final flight
in late April 1945.

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Source:
Böhme, Jagdgeschwader 7, page 231
10 April 1945

British sources of the daylight raid:
230 aircraft - 134 Lancasters, 90 Halifaxes, 6 Mosquitos - attacked the Engelsdorf and Mockau railway yards at Leipzig. The weather was clear and the bombing was accurate. 1 Halifax and 1 Lancaster lost.

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http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070706011932/http:/www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/apr45.html

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10.4.1945 - Oblt. Rolf Glogner 4 2./JG 400 Mosquito Me 163
10.4.1945 - Lt. Fritz Kelb 1 I./JG 400 B-17 near Leipzig / with SG 500 Jägerfaust
according Wolfgang Späte - Lancaster
WW II Fighting Jets (Ethell, Price), Top Secret Bird (Späte)
/ Me 163 (Belcarz ...)http://www.luftwaffe.cz/04-1945.pdf

Technical Data (in german):
http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/s/SG%20Sondergeraete/SG%20500/SG%20500%20Jagdfaust%20Jeagerfaust.htm

[Rayhan]

Should this be one

[KingTiger503]

JagdFaust was an experimental airborne anti-bomber recoilless rifle designed for use in the Me 163 Komet rocket plane by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The design was based on the Schräge Musik, the manually triggered upward-firing air-to-air cannon extensively deployed with the Luftwaffe night fighter squadrons.

[SAS~Storebror]

The design was based on the Schräge Musik

The design had nothing in common, despite the fact that the fighter had to fly below it's target

According to Mano Ziegler in "Raketenjäger Me 163" (ISBN 978-3879433728) the weapon proved extremely effective, albeit dangerous to the own aircraft.
Dr. Langweiler (bore, drag, slowpoke, a boring or tiresome person - that's really been his name), the weapon developer, apparently found the perfect weapon for the 163 since there was nothing left to do for the pilot than to arm the Jagdfaust and pass the enemy bomber within close distance underneath.
However the blast both from the propellant and the grenade shell proved to be quite dangerous for the carrying fighter and after a couple of successful trials, just when the weapon was to be shown to Mr. Göring, the demonstrator Me 163 nearly impacted the ground when the Jagdfaust shells got fired from the shadow of a groundfog cloud covering the photo cells on a treetop low pass across the airbase.

This lead to an intermediate development stop for this weapon, only a few have been used "inofficially" and just one kill has likely been scored.

Best regards - Mike

[bomberkiller]

Dr. Langweiler

 

[max_thehitman]

Dr Heinrich Langweiler of company HASAG in Leipzig.
He was responsible for the invention of the Panzerfaust and Faustpatrone. Manufactured by Volkswagen-Verke - "Fahrvergnügen"
He also invented a lesser known gadget.
The toe massager.