Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2)

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Vergeltungswaffe 2, better known as the V-2 rocket, was a German World War II long-range ballistic missile and the world’s first long-range guided ballistic weapon used in combat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military equipment ⓘ
World War II weapon ⓘ
ballistic missile ⓘ
guided missile ⓘ
liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
long-range ballistic missile ⓘ
approximateMaximumAltitude_km 80 ⓘ
approximateRange_km 320 ⓘ
associatedConcentrationCamp Mittelbau-Dora ⓘ
category V-weapons ⓘ
linked to: V-weapons program
chiefDesigner Wernher von Braun ⓘ
civilianCasualtiesCaused several thousand ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
designer Walter Dornberger ⓘ
developedAt Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ
diameter_m 1.65 ⓘ
engineThrust_kN approximately 270 ⓘ
finSpan_m 3.56 ⓘ
firstSuccessfulTestLaunchDate 1942-10-03 ⓘ
firstTestLaunchDate 1942-06-13 ⓘ
fuel 75% ethanol-water mixture ⓘ
GermanDesignation Aggregat 4 ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
hasAlias A4 rocket ⓘ
linked to: A-4 rocket

V-2 rocket ⓘ
launchMass_kg approximately 12800 ⓘ
launchPlatform fixed launch site ⓘ
mobile launch platform ⓘ
launchSitesLocatedIn German-occupied Belgium ⓘ
German-occupied Netherlands ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
length_m 14 ⓘ
mainProductionSite Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
manufacturedUsing forced labor ⓘ
maximumSpeed_m_per_s approximately 1700 ⓘ
militaryCasualtiesCaused several thousand ⓘ
nameMeaning Vengeance Weapon 2 ⓘ
notableFor being the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile used in combat ⓘ
numberBuilt over 3000 ⓘ
numberFiredInCombat over 3000 ⓘ
operatedBy German Army ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
postwarInfluenceOn Soviet rocket program ⓘ
United States rocket program ⓘ
space launch vehicle development ⓘ
precededBy Vergeltungswaffe 1 ⓘ
productionPeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ
propellantType liquid oxygen and ethanol ⓘ
serviceEntry 1944 ⓘ
successorInfluenceOn R-1 rocket ⓘ
Redstone missile ⓘ
usedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedInAttackOn Antwerp ⓘ
Liège ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris region ⓘ
warheadFilling amatol ⓘ
warheadMass_kg approximately 1000 ⓘ
warheadType high-explosive ⓘ

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Aggregat 4 → VDesignationMeaning → Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) ⓘ
Vergeltungswaffe 2 → precededBy → Vergeltungswaffe 1 ⓘ
linked to: Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2)
Vergeltungswaffe 2 → nameMeaning → Vengeance Weapon 2 ⓘ
linked to: Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2)