During the 1920s and early 1930s. There was widespread interest
in rocket experiments throughout Germany. However, in 1929
the Reichswehr became interested in some of these amateur
rocket projects, and so
Walter
Robert Dornberger became involved, he helped to finance
the more promising of the amateur rocket projects.
In 1932 Walter
Robert Dornberger set up a testing station at Kummersdorf-West,
South of Berlin it was here that Walter
Robert Dornberger set about recruiting. The men, that
would eventually lead to Aggregate series of rockets. Under
the leadership of Wernher
von Braun, and his associates Walter
Riedel, Heinrich Grünow, Walter
Thiel, Martin
Schilling, Arthur
Rudolph, Rudolph
Hermann, Ludwig
Roth, Gerhard
Reisig , Klaus
Riedel, Helmut
Gröttrup , Hermann Oberth, Friedrich Kirchstein,
Kurt Patt
In 1937
Walter
Robert Dornberger moved his team to Army Research Center
Peenemünde
A-1 First in the Aggregate Series
of ballistic missiles is completed in 1933
A-2 Second in the Aggregate Series
of ballistic missiles is completed in 1934
A-3 Third in the Aggregate Series
of ballistic missiles is completed in 1937
A-4 Aggregate 4 (A-4) V-2 rocket
A-4 SLBM (Submarine Launched
Ballistic Missile) which was a ballistic missile, That was
intended to be launched from a U-boat
A-4b / A-9 Experimental
winged missile intended to increase range, forerunner for
the
Aggregate 9 (A-9)
A-5
Forerunner for the
Aggregate 4
(A-4)
A-6 Experimental missile to test different propellants
A-7 Experimental missile for the Kriegsmarine similar in appearance
to Aggregate 5 (A-5)
A-8 Experimental missile with a lengthened body otherwise
similar in design to the
Aggregate
4 (A-4)
A-9 / A-10 Experimental
missile, classed as the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile)
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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