German V-2 rocket

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
liquid-fueled rocket
World War II weapon
gptkbp:casualtiesCaused over 9,000 civilians and military personnel
gptkbp:designation Aggregat 4 (A4)
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:diameter 1.65 meters
gptkbp:engineThrust 25 metric tons
gptkbp:engineType piston engine
gptkbp:firstCombatUse September 8, 1944
gptkbp:firstTargetedCity gptkb:Antwerp
gptkb:London
gptkbp:guidanceSystem gyroscopic
gptkbp:hasExhibit gptkb:Science_Museum,_London
gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Air_and_Space_Museum
Imperial War Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German V-2 rocket
gptkbp:influenced space exploration
Cold War missile development
gptkbp:lastCombatUse March 1945
gptkbp:launchDate 1944
gptkbp:launchWeight 12,500 kg
gptkbp:length 14 meters
gptkbp:massProductionSite gptkb:Mittelwerk
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 5,760 km/h
gptkbp:nickname Vengeance Weapon 2
gptkbp:notableFor first human-made object to reach space
first long-range guided ballistic missile
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Peenemünde
gptkb:The_Hague
gptkb:Heidekraut
gptkb:Blizna
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkb:Cuxhaven
gptkb:Heidekraut
gptkb:Blizna
gptkb:Mittelwerk
gptkb:Tuchola_Forest
gptkbp:numberBuilt over 3,000
gptkbp:operationalCeiling 80-90 km
gptkbp:originalName Vergeltungswaffe 2
gptkbp:postwarUse basis for US and Soviet rocket programs
captured by Allies
gptkbp:propulsion ethanol
liquid oxygen
gptkbp:range 320 km
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Paperclip
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Operation_Backfire
gptkbp:slaveLaborUsed gptkb:Mittelbau-Dora_concentration_camp
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Redstone_rocket
R-1 (Soviet copy)
gptkbp:totalFired over 3,000
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:warheadType 1,000 kg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kansas_Cosmosphere
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5