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The V-2 was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Germany as a "vengeance weapon", assigned to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings against German cities. The V-2 rocket also became the first man-made object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944. Research into military use of long-range rockets began when the studies of graduate student Wernher von Braun attracted the attention of the German Army. A series of prototypes culminated in the A-4, which went to war as the V-2. Beginning in September 1944, over 3,000 V-2s were launched by the German Wehrmacht against Allied targets, first London and later Antwerp and Liège. According to a 2011 BBC documentary, the attacks from V-2s resulted in the deaths of an estimated 9,000 civilians and military personnel, and a further 12,000 forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners died as a result of their forced participation in the production of the weapons. As Germany collapsed, teams from the Allied forces, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union raced to capture key German manufacturing sites and technology. Wernher von Braun and over 100 key V-2 personnel surrendered to the Americans. Eventually, many of the original V-2 team ended up working at the Redstone Arsenal. The US also captured enough V-2 hardware to build approximately 80 of the missiles. The Soviets gained possession of the V-2 manufacturing facilities after the war, re-established V-2 production, and moved it to the Soviet Union. #v2 #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #military #militaryhistory #weapons #missile #germans #germany #france #combat #war #instagram #travel #museum #rocket #visit #guns #wwii #secondworldwar #bunker #bunkers #atlantikwall

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Longues-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandie. Casemate M272 de la batterie allemande de Longues-sur-Mer, qui abritait un canon de 150 mm TK C/36. En savoir plus : http://wp.me/p7hYvR-56j M272 bunker at the Longues-sur-Mer German battery, protecting a 150 mm TK C/36 gun. #DDay #DDayOverlord #LonguesSurMer #Normandie #Calvados #AtlantikWall #WW2 #Normandy #Histoire #history #Bunker

This 75 mm Panzerabwehrkanone PAK 40 was designed in 1940 by Rheinmetall. Its effective firing range is 1800 m (able to penetrate 97 mm armour at a 1000 m). It formed the backbone of German anti-tank guns for the later part of World War II.

US weapon collection: semi automatic Remington M11 / Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun / Winchester M97 / 2 x .45 Model 1911A1 Colt Government / 2 x .45 submachine gun M3A1 Grease Gun / FP-45 Liberator / .32 Colt Model 1903 / 2 x .38 Smith & Wesson Victory Model

German 105mm FH18 Leichte Feldhaubitze (2.3 tons), developped in 1935.

An autocannon 40mm FLAK 28 Bofors Flugabwehrkanone (developped 1928). Maximum range 7160 m. AB Bofors, Sweden.

A 30,3 tons US Sherman M4A2 (1944) with a 75mm gun, a 5 persons crew and a V8 Ford engine (500bhp). Its top speed was 45 km/h.

Vor 75 Jahren landeten die Soldaten der USA, Großbritanniens, Kanadas und ihrer Verbündeten an den Stränden der Normandie.