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INFORMATION:
Room
one.
The Luftwaffe
started development of rocket weapons. Officially designated
the F2G-76,
Goebbels the German propaganda minister named the rocket the
V1, (V for vergeltungwaffe- reprisal weapon). It was 8 meters
long and was a streamlined pilot less flying bomb with a pulse
or ramjet engine fuelled by gasoline and compressed air. It was
launched from ski-jump style ramps and carried a one ton warhead
at 550 kph (350mph) with a maximum range of 400 kilometres (250
miles) using an automatic guidance system before crashing.
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