V-2 rocket parts. Close-up of damaged injection valves from a German V-2 rocket. The V-2,initially known as the A-4,was designed by Wernher von Braun and Klaus Riedel as part of a German military research team. It was 14 metres in length,carried nearly a tonne of explosive,and could reach a height of 80 kilometres. It was the world's first ballistic missile,and the first to achieve sub-orbital flight. The first successful flight was in 1942. From September 1944 to March 1945,over 3000 V-2 rockets were launched by Nazi Germany during World War II | |
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