V2 stands for Vergeltungwaffe 2, called A4 until 1943.
It is the number two retaliatory weapon and the first ground-to-ground strategic ballistic missile.
- Longueur : 14,03 m
- Largeur : 3,56 m
- Diamètre : 1,65 m
- Poids à vide : 4 tonnes
- Poids au décollage : 12 tonnes
- Charge explosive : 1 tonne d'Amatol ou Nippolit
- Poids du carburant : Oxygène liquide : 4,7 tonnes
- Alcool : 2,8 tonnes
Weight of turbopump liquids: 0.0076 tonnes of potassium permanganate and 0.175 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide.
The mixture of these two liquids produced a vapour which mixed in the combustion chamber with liquid oxygen and alcohol sent under pressure.