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The German A-4 ballistic missile, better known by its propaganda name of V-2, was the world's first successful ballistic missile, breaking through the atmosphere to reach its target more quickly. It was a forerunner of Cold War ballistic missiles and its combat use in 1944-45 set the pattern for the use of Scud ballistic missiles in recent decades. The V-2 offensive lasted from September 1944 until March 1945 with over 3,000 rockets being launched.This book examines the combat record of the show more V-2 in World War II, with a special focus on how a German missile battalion prepared and fire show lessTags
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Steven J Zaloga charts the little-known history of the T-80, covering the initial construction, through the development to the subsequent variants - the T-84 and Russia's enigmatic "Black Eagle Tank." Accompanying detailed cutaway artwork illustrates the unusual design features that made the T-80 so controversial.
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- Walter Dornberger; Werner von Braun; Erich Heinemman; Richard Metz; Hans Kammler
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- Peenemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- The German V-2 was the world's first ballistic missile used in combat. It was a technological marvel that pioneered many key innovations in missile technology. But as a weapon, it was a complete flop, costing Germany enormous... (show all) resources for very meager results.
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- The cost of development and manufacture of the V-2 was staggering, estimated by a post-war US study as about $2 billion, or about the same amount as was spent on the Allied atomic bomb program.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In November and December 1960 China conducted its first tests of the DF-1. Series production was on a very small scale as even the Chinese appreciated that it was an obsolete design. The Chinese DF-1 was the last ballistic missile design directly linked to te V-2.
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