V-2 rocket

world's first short-range guided ballistic missile

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1946 — 1952 A4, V-2, Aggregat-4 (see also V2) class, Aggregate, V-weapons, ballistic missile, V-2 sounding rocket, weapon model, Mittelwerk, United States of America, Canada, Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, Aggregate, V-weapons, Blockhaus d'Éperlecques, Siracourt V-1 bunker, Launch site for V-1 flying bombs at Brécourt, Sottevast V2 bunker, Q16, Q30, United Kingdom, Q7318, Q15180
Mass: 12500 kilogram, Length: 14 metre

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1946-01-01T00:00:00Z

V-2 rocket

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Frameless

1946-05-13 1st Pictures Nazi Rocket Bomb in US.ogg

1946-11-21 White Sands NM V-2 rocket.ogg

Aggregat A4b

Artilleriezielfeld-Blizna, 1943

First photograph of Earth from space, taken 24 October 1946 by V-2 rocket.

PIGA accelerometer 1

Preparations for the launch of the German V-2 18031 at the Heidelager military training range in the Blizna area in Poland, June 1944

Preparations for the launch of the German V-2 18031 at the Heidelager military training range in the Blizna area in Poland, June 1944

SPA TM 40 mit V2

The first A4 rocket (from German stocks) is transported to the launch site on a truck trailer. It was launched on 18 October 1947 from the Kapustin Yar test site. It flew 206.7 km and deviated left for 30 km.

USS Midway (CVB-41) V-2 launch (Operation Sandy)

V2 Rocket Deutsches Museum Munich 1976

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
weapon	1946	V-2 rocket	Aggregate, ballistic missile, V-weapons, weapon model, Mittelwerk, Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union		Wikidata
weapon		V-2 sounding rocket	V-2 rocket, sounding rocket, weapon model, United States of America		Wikidata
image	1946	1946-05-13 1st Pictures Nazi Rocket Bomb in US.ogg			Wikimedia
image	1946	1946-11-21 White Sands NM V-2 rocket.ogg			Wikimedia
image	1946	Aggregat A4b			Wikimedia
image	1943	Artilleriezielfeld-Blizna, 1943			Wikimedia
image	1946	First photograph of Earth from space, taken 24 October 1946 by V-2 rocket.			Wikimedia
image	1960	PIGA accelerometer 1			Wikimedia
image	1943	Preparations for the launch of the German V-2 18031 at the Heidelager military training range in the Blizna area in Poland, June 1944			Wikimedia
image	1943	Preparations for the launch of the German V-2 18031 at the Heidelager military training range in the Blizna area in Poland, June 1944			Wikimedia
image	1944	SPA TM 40 mit V2			Wikimedia
image	1947	The first A4 rocket (from German stocks) is transported to the launch site on a truck trailer. It was launched on 18 October 1947 from the Kapustin Yar test site. It flew 206.7 km and deviated left for 30 km.			Wikimedia
image	1947	USS Midway (CVB-41) V-2 launch (Operation Sandy)			Wikimedia
image	1976	V2 Rocket Deutsches Museum Munich 1976			Wikimedia