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Service: First Flight: Manufacturer: Wernher
von Braun, Kummersdorf
Number built: Type: Surface-to-Surface Missile
Guidance system:
Gyroscope
Length: 6.74 m
Wingspan: m
Diameter:
0.68 m
Weight: 748 kg
Engine: 1 × liquid fuel rocket
engine producing up to 1,500 kg of thrust
Maximum speed: km/h
Range:
12.1 km
Warhead: Fuze: Launch Platform: Mobile
Operators: Heer
Variants: A-1
A-2 A-3 A-4
A-4 SLBM A-4b
/ A-9 A-5 A-6
A-7
A-8
A-9
/ A-10 Other: Missiles
Articles: The Aggregate 3 (A-3) was the third in a series of ballistic missiles
designed and developed by Dr.-Ing. Wernher
von Braun in 1937 under the leadership of Dr. Walter
Robert Dornberger, at Kummersdorf south of Berlin.
The Aggregate
3 (A-3) ballistic missile was 6.74 m long by 0.68 m in diameter and had a takeoff
weight 748 kg. The A-3 also incorporated a three gyroscope system to control the
missile during flight, the missile also had a parachute installed to facilitate
recovery. The rocket engine used in the
Aggregate 1
(A-1) and
Aggregate 2 (A-2) was also used in the
Aggregate 3 (A-3) with some minor modifications, which was a pressure fed system
using 25% liquid oxygen and 75% ethanol, to give a maximum thrust of 1,500 kg
for 45 seconds of burn time, which was designed by Arthur
Rudolph.
There were numerous tests flights of the Aggregate 3 (A-3)
many ending in failures however the first launching took place on 4 December 1937,
another launch took place on 11 December 1937. The testing of the Aggregate 3
(A-3) took place at Kummersdorf under the watchful eye of Werner
von Fritsch, and at
Greifswalder Oie,
Peenemünde. Development of the
Aggregate 3 (A-3) was abandoned in favour of the
Aggregate
5 (A-5) which was a scaled-down version of the
Aggregate
4 (A-4).
The Warplanes
of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second
World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
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