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The V-3 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 3, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 3') was a German World War II large-caliber gun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile. It was built in tunnels and was permanently aimed at London, England.
V-1 flying bomb V-2 missile V-3 cannon. V-weapons, known in original German as Vergeltungswaffen (German pronunciation: [fɐˈgɛltʊŋsˌvafṇ], German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and aerial bombing of cities.
V-1 flying bomb V-2 missile V-3 cannon V-2 rocket at Peenemünde Museum H.IX V3 flying wing reproduction at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Wunderwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊndɐˌvafə]) is a German word meaning "wonder-weapon" and was a term assigned during World War II by Nazi Germany's propaganda ministry to some revolutionary "superweapons".
Map of the Pas-de-Calais and south-eastern England showing the location of Mimoyecques and other major V-weapons sites. In May 1943 Albert Speer, the Reich's Minister of Armaments and War Production, informed Adolf Hitler of work that was being carried out to produce a large-calibre gun capable of firing hundreds of shells an hour over long distances.
The Peenemünde Army Research Center (German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, [a] HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office (Heereswaffenamt). [3]: 85 Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket.
Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which was used operationally: Enzian [4]; Rheintochter (Rhine Daughter) [5] - (an air-to-air variant was also planned) [6]
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The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik.