Solid-fuel rocket boosters were used instead of explosive charges because of their greater suitability and ease of use. These were arranged in symmetrical pairs along the length of the barrel, angled to project their thrust against the base of the projectile as it passed.

V-weapons, known in original German as Vergeltungswaffen (German pronunciation: [fɐˈgɛltʊŋsˌvafṇ], German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and aerial bombing of cities. [1][2] They were the V-1, a p...

2020年11月5日 · Less known is the V3—which the Nazis also called the “London Cannon”—a massive, multi-charge gun designed to shoot a 215-pound shell nearly 100 miles. Adolf Hitler hoped it would blast the British capital to smithereens. A ballistics engineer named August Coenders sold the concept of a super cannon to the Führer in 1942.

2015年4月21日 · The V3 was the natural development from the V1 and V2 weapons that had terrorised London in 1944 – a weapon for revenge (‘Vergeltungswaffen’). The V3 was never fired at London though it was used in a very minor way in the Battle of the Bulge.

2022年6月22日 · Unlike earlier V weapons which launched under their own power, the V-3 was powered by secondary propellant charges. When the projectile moved through the cannon’s barrel, it would trigger small secondary boosters to explode. These secondary explosions would force the missile to move faster and reach farther distances.

The V-3 (Vergeltungswaffe 3) was a German World War II supergun working on the multi-charge principle whereby secondary propellant charges are fired to add velocity to a projectile.

In March of 1918, the Germans parked several of these weapons about 75 miles away from the city of Paris and started bombarding it. The cannon was so distant from the metropolis that it couldn't be heard and the populace at first thought they were being bombed by …

2017年1月9日 · Their “millipede” barrels were composed of bolted modular sections lined with pairs of solid-fuel rocket booster chambers perpendicular to either side of the barrel.

2015年11月21日 · We estimated that a projectile reaching London must achieve speeds in excess of 1,500 metres per second. Each barrel of Hitler’s gun was 130 metres long, inclined at 50 degrees and we worked out...

The V3 Rocket is an extension of the Rocket Collection. Released in 2014, it quickly became a surf shop sales standout and a custom order favorite, around the world. From the average, every day surfer, to the traveling pro, almost all who ride a V3 are stoked.