V-2 rocket

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German military equipment World War II weapon ballistic missile liquid-fueled rocket long-range guided rocket weapon

The V-2 rocket was a German World War II ballistic missile and the world’s first long-range guided rocket weapon, pioneering technologies later used in space exploration.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
V-2 rocket canonical	22
German V-2 rocket program	4
V-2 rocket program	4
A4 rocket	2
V-weapons program	2
Aggregat 4 (V-2) rockets	1
German V-2 rocket	1
German V-2 technology	1
Redstone rocket	1
V-2	1
V-2 guidance system	1
V-2 rocket (A4) auxiliary systems	1
Vergeltungswaffe 2	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30138 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: V-2 rocket
Context triple: [Luftwaffe, usedWeapon, V-2 rocket]

A. V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb was an early German cruise missile used in World War II, known as a pilotless "buzz bomb" deployed primarily against London and other Allied cities.
B. Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 was a highly versatile German World War II twin‑engine aircraft used extensively as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, and reconnaissance plane.
C. Messerschmitt Bf 110
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was a German twin-engine heavy fighter and fighter-bomber used extensively during World War II in roles including long-range escort, ground attack, and night fighting.
D. Dornier Do 17
The Dornier Do 17 was a German World War II twin‑engine light bomber, nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” for its slender fuselage and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early war years.
E. Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy rocket is SpaceX’s heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit using a reusable, triple-booster first stage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: V-2 rocket
Target entity description: The V-2 rocket was a German World War II ballistic missile and the world’s first long-range guided rocket weapon, pioneering technologies later used in space exploration.

A. V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb was an early German cruise missile used in World War II, known as a pilotless "buzz bomb" deployed primarily against London and other Allied cities.
B. Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 was a highly versatile German World War II twin‑engine aircraft used extensively as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, and reconnaissance plane.
C. Messerschmitt Bf 110
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was a German twin-engine heavy fighter and fighter-bomber used extensively during World War II in roles including long-range escort, ground attack, and night fighting.
D. Dornier Do 17
The Dornier Do 17 was a German World War II twin‑engine light bomber, nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” for its slender fuselage and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early war years.
E. Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy rocket is SpaceX’s heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit using a reusable, triple-booster first stage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military equipment ⓘ World War II weapon ⓘ ballistic missile ⓘ liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ long-range guided rocket weapon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	V-2 rocket ⓘ surface form: A4 rocket Aggregat 4 ⓘ V-2 rocket ⓘ surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2
associatedCamp	Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp ⓘ
causedForcedLaborDeaths	around 12,000 concentration camp prisoners ⓘ
chiefDesigner	Wernher von Braun ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany ⓘ
crossedKarmanLine	yes ⓘ
designedBy	Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ surface form: Peenemünde research team Walter Dornberger ⓘ
developedAt	Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ
developedBy	German Army ⓘ
diameter	1.65 m ⓘ
engineType	liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
enteredSpace	yes ⓘ
explosiveFilling	Amatol ⓘ
firstCombatUseDate	1944-09-08 ⓘ
firstCombatUseLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Paris ⓘ
guidanceSystem	inertial guidance ⓘ
influenced	R-1 rocket ⓘ V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Redstone rocket early space launch vehicles ⓘ
killedApproximately	around 9,000 civilians and military personnel ⓘ
launchMass	approximately 12,500 kg ⓘ
launchPlatform	mobile launch platform ⓘ
length	14.0 m ⓘ
manufacturedAt	Mittelwerk underground factory ⓘ
maximumAltitude	approximately 80–90 km ⓘ
maximumRange	approximately 320 km ⓘ
notablePostwarUser	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableTarget	Antwerp ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
numberBuilt	over 3,000 ⓘ
numberLaunchedInCombat	over 3,000 ⓘ
partOf	V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: V-weapons program
postwarInfluenceOn	Soviet rocket program ⓘ United States rocket program ⓘ
productionPeriod	1943–1945 ⓘ
propellantType	liquid oxygen and ethanol ⓘ
stabilization	gyroscopic stabilization ⓘ
technologyPioneered	inertial guidance for rockets ⓘ large-scale liquid-fuel rocketry ⓘ supersonic ballistic flight ⓘ
thrust	approximately 25 metric tons ⓘ
usedAgainst	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
usedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedFor	early upper-atmosphere research postwar ⓘ
warheadMass	approximately 1,000 kg ⓘ
warheadType	high-explosive ⓘ

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Luftwaffe → usedWeapon → V-2 rocket ⓘ

V-1 flying bomb → programName → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-weapons program

V-1 flying bomb → successor → V-2 rocket ⓘ

V-2 rocket → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: A4 rocket

V-2 rocket → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2

V-2 rocket → partOf → V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-weapons program

V-2 rocket → influenced → V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redstone rocket

Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production → associatedWith → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program

Space Race → influencedBy → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket program

Gravity’s Rainbow → centralObject → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Aggregat 4 → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Aggregat 4 → codename → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2

Peenemünde Army Research Center → notableProject → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: A4 rocket

Wernher von Braun → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ

T-Stoff (high-test hydrogen peroxide) → notableUseInMissile → V-2 rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: T-Stoff

this entity surface form: V-2 rocket (A4) auxiliary systems

film "Operation Crossbow" → mainSubject → V-2 rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Crossbow

Walter Dornberger → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program

Walter Dornberger → notableProject → V-2 rocket ⓘ

United States rocket program → usedCapturedTechnologyFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Mittelwerk underground factory → notableProduct → V-2 rocket ⓘ

R-1 rocket → basedOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ

R-1 rocket → copyOf → V-2 rocket ⓘ

R-1 rocket → precededBy → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp → associatedWith → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program

Redstone rocket → derivativeOf → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket

La Coupole bunker → weaponSystem → V-2 rocket ⓘ

R-1 missile → basedOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ

R-1 missile → developedFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 technology

R-2 missile → derivedFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) → hasAlias → V-2 rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Vergeltungswaffe 2

Arthur Rudolph → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Operation Paperclip → recruitedFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket program

The Mars Project → influencedBy → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket program

Franz Pökler → worksOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program

A3 rocket → successor → V-2 rocket ⓘ

A3 rocket → influenced → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: V-2 guidance system

A5 rocket → precedes → V-2 rocket ⓘ

A-4 rocket → alsoKnownAs → V-2 rocket ⓘ

V-weapons program → developedWeapon → V-2 rocket ⓘ

Kohnstein mountain → product → V-2 rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Mittelwerk

this entity surface form: Aggregat 4 (V-2) rockets

Army Ballistic Missile Agency → usedTechnologyFrom → V-2 rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket program

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