Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a metal wind tunnel model of the V-2 missile, the world's first guided missile developed and used by Nazi Germany. It appears that it might be a configuration of the missile from the U.S. Army's Project Hermes from the late 1940s. Powered by liquid-fuel engines, the V-2 had a maximum range of 320 kilometers (200 miles) and carried a conventional warhead. It was first successfully tested in October 1942. Beginning in September 1944, over 3,000 V-2s were launched from mobile launchers at targets in England, France, and Belgium.
- Both the manufacturer and donor of this model are unknown.
- Credit Line
- Donor unknown
- Inventory Number
- A19850648000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Wind Tunnel
- Materials
- Non- Ferrous Brass or Copper Alloy, Paint
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 56.5 x 18.4 x 14.9cm (22 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Other: 7.6cm (3 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19850648000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv937f1f589-8402-4d6d-bdab-e1becd5ea507
