V-weapons (redirect from Vergeltungswaffe)
official 24 June 1944 Reich Propaganda Ministry announcement of the "Vergeltungswaffe 1" guided missile implied that there would be another such weapon....
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V-1 flying bomb (redirect from Vergeltungswaffe 1)
The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation...
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V-2 rocket (redirect from Vergeltungswaffe 2)
The V2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Retaliation Weapon 2'), with the technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic...
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V-3 cannon (redirect from Vergeltungswaffe 3)
1°45′30″E / 50.85417°N 1.75833°E / 50.85417; 1.75833 The V-3 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 3, ("Vengeance Weapon 3") was a German World War II large-caliber gun...
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as Wernher von Braun's Aggregat-4 (A-4), which became known as the Vergeltungswaffe 2 (V-2) developed by Nazi Germany to bomb the Allies in the war. After...
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supersonic surface-to-air missile. V-1 flying bomb/Fieseler Fi 103/Vergeltungswaffe 1 – the first cruise missile. Fliegerfaust "Pilot Fist" or "Plane Fist"...
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mostly-successful launch of the Aggregat 4 rocket, later known as Vergeltungswaffe 2 (V-2). The launch occurred on the afternoon of 3 October 1942 and...
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anti-aircraft defence against the German V-1 cruise missiles (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe, 'retaliation weapon'). The 419th and 601st anti-aircraft gun battalions...
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of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944. The first combat A-4, renamed the V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2 "Retaliation/Vengeance Weapon 2") for propaganda purposes, was launched...
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his new staff, "Well, gentlemen, I am the new V-3", referring to the Vergeltungswaffe ("vengeance" weapons). Given the desperate situation of the Western...
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