Aggregat-4 / Vergeltungswaffe-2 | |
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Peenemünde Museum replica of V-2
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Type | single stage ballistic missile |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1944–1952 |
Used by | Nazi Germany United Kingdom (post-war) United States (post-war) Soviet Union (post-war) |
Production history | |
Designer | Peenemünde Army Research Center |
Manufacturer | Mittelwerk GmbH |
Unit cost | 100,000 RM January 1944, 50,000 RM March 1945[1] |
Produced | 16 March 1942- 1945 (Germany) some assembled post war. |
Specifications | |
Weight | 12,500 kg (27,600 lb) |
Length | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
Diameter | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Warhead | 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) Amatol |
Detonation
mechanism |
impact |
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Wingspan | 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in) |
Propellant | 3,810 kg (8,400 lb) 75% ethanol/25% water 4,910 kg (10,820 lb) liquid oxygen |
Operational
range |
320 km (200 mi) |
Flight altitude | 88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long range trajectory, 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically. |
Speed | maximum:5,760 km/h (3,580 mph) at impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph) |
Guidance
system |
Gyroscopes to determine direction Müller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets[2][3]:225 |
Launch
platform |
Mobile (Meillerwagen) |