Aggregat A4 - The V-2

By Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf

The V-2 missile was the precursor to ballistic missiles and was widely used by Germany during the latter stages of World War II, particularly against Great Britain and Belgium.
- The acronym V-2 stands for Vergeltungswaffe 2, (retaliatory weapon 2 in German, an idea of Joseph Goebbels for propaganda purposes).

The missile was designated by its designers as A4 (Aggregat 4): as early as 1927, members of the German Society began the first tests on liquid-fueled rockets.
In 1932, the Reichswehr (German National Defense) became interested in the development of these tests especially for the military sector, and a team led by General Walter Dornberger was very impressed by the test of a launcher designed and built by Wernher von Braun.
- The A-4/V-2 missile was uninterceptable.
- A weapon against which there was no defense.

To date, only a deployment of Patriots or SA-10s could parry an attack, and at enormous cost, against what was an ancestor of the current Scuds, similar in performance and warhead but more precise and half the weight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2372973363
• ISBN13: 9782372973366
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: R.E.I. Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"