V-2 Rocket Field Test 1943 - 1944, 1/72 Scale Display Model

Diecast & plastic parts Rotating and elevating barrel. Pad printed markings.. Approximate dimensions: 7.75” L x 2.0” W Package dimensions: 8.8” L x 7.2” W x 2.4” H Display model, recommended for hobbyists and collectors 14 years and above. The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Retribution Weapon 2"), technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), 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 artificial 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 we