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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
V-2 rocket program 3
A4 rocket 2
V-weapons program 2

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aggregat 4 → alsoKnownAs → 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
this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program
this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program
R-1 rocket → basedOn → V-2 rocket ⓘ
Aggregat 4 → codename → V-2 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: V-2
R-1 rocket → copyOf → V-2 rocket ⓘ
V-2 rocket → influenced → V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Redstone rocket
Space Race → influencedBy → V-2 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: German V-2 rocket program
subject surface form: Operation Crossbow
this entity surface form: A4 rocket
Walter Dornberger → notableProject → V-2 rocket ⓘ
subject surface form: T-Stoff
this entity surface form: V-2 rocket (A4) auxiliary systems
Walter Dornberger → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: V-2 rocket program
Wernher von Braun → notableWork → V-2 rocket ⓘ
V-2 rocket → partOf → V-2 rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: V-weapons program
R-1 rocket → precededBy → 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 ⓘ
Luftwaffe → usedWeapon → V-2 rocket ⓘ