V-2 rockets

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:rocket
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:World_War_II
German engineering
rocket science
post-war rocket research
Nazi technology
gptkbp:debut_year October 3, 1944
gptkbp:decommissioned 1950s
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:developer 1936
gptkbp:enemy high explosive
gptkbp:engine_type liquid-fueled rocket engine
gptkbp:fighting_style September 8, 1944
gptkbp:first_flight March 1944
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:1944
gptkbp:fuel_type liquid oxygen and alcohol
gptkbp:guidance_system inertial guidance
gptkbp:historical_significance first long-range guided ballistic missile
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label V-2 rockets
gptkbp:impact Cold War missile technology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Soviet_space_program
gptkb:battle
aerospace engineering
defense technology
ballistic missile development
modern rocketry
European space agencies
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:V-1_flying_bomb
German rocket program
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:NASA's_Saturn_V
gptkbp:is_effective_against gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Operation_Crossbow
gptkbp:is_used_by gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Launch_Site_1,_Peenemünde
mobile launch platform
gptkbp:launched 90 degrees
gptkbp:length 14 meters
gptkbp:number_built approximately 3,000
gptkbp:operational_range 200 to 300 kilometers
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:production_location gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkbp:range 320 kilometers
gptkbp:retired gptkb:United_States
mobile launchers
Allied cities
gptkbp:seating_capacity 1,000 kilograms
gptkbp:speed 5,760 kilometers per hour
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Redstone_rocket
gptkbp:targets strategic targets
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Battle_of_London
March 1945
strategic bombing campaigns
gptkbp:weight 13,000 kilograms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkb:Nazi_forces
gptkb:the_Blitz
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4