V2 missile

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:surface-to-air_missile
German military technology
World War II weapon
gptkbp:codename Aggregat 4 (A4)
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:diameter 1.65 m
gptkbp:engineType piston engine
gptkbp:guidanceSystem gyroscopic guidance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label V2 missile
gptkbp:impact thousands injured
significant influence on postwar rocket development
over 9,000 civilian and military deaths
gptkbp:lastLaunched 1945
gptkbp:launchDate 1944
gptkbp:launched mobile launch platform
gptkbp:length 14 m
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 5,760 km/h
gptkbp:museumDisplay gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Air_and_Space_Museum
gptkb:Imperial_War_Museum,_London
gptkbp:notableEvent first human-made object to reach space
first long-range guided ballistic missile
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Operation_Backfire
Operation Paperclip (related capture of engineers)
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:Arthur_Rudolph
gptkb:Hermann_Oberth
gptkb:Walter_Dornberger
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Nordhausen
gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkb:Cuxhaven
gptkb:Mittelwerk
gptkbp:propulsion ethanol
liquid oxygen
gptkbp:range 320 km
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Hydra
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Operation_Crossbow
gptkb:Operation_Most_III
gptkb:Operation_Big_Ben
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Redstone_missile
R-1 (Soviet copy)
gptkbp:target gptkb:Antwerp
gptkb:London
gptkbp:totalProduced over 3,000
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:warheadType 1,000 kg
Amatol high explosive
gptkbp:weight 12,500 kg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Strangereal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7