V-2

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V-2 (v

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A long-range liquid-fuel rocket used by the Germans as a ballistic missile in World War II.

[German Vergeltungswaffe zwei, retaliation weapon (number) two.]

V-2

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a rocket-powered ballistic missile invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It used ethanol as fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer

[see V-1]

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