Una V-1 a la llançadora / V-1 launch ramp
La V-1 alemana, el primer missil tactic, tot i que amb una precisió patetica, era llençat principalment des de catapultes a vapor com aquesta. La V-1 que veieu aquí es falsa, la peça real es la rampa en si. Despres provaren de llencar-les des de bombarders He-111.
Foto feta al Imperial War Museum de Duxford.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba_volant_V-1
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The German V-1, the first tactical missile, was launched with steam catapults like this one, like modern carrier planes. Later they tried also launches from flying bombers, like the He-111. Anyway the precision of this weapon was quite pathetic. But compared to the V-2, with the same precision, it was much more cheap and tied a lot more of allied resources. By the way, the ramp is real, the V-1 is fake.
Picture taken in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpnKARvd24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
A V-1 ramjet being tested NOW (I don't know if it's an original one or a modern copy):
Una V-1 a la llançadora / V-1 launch ramp
La V-1 alemana, el primer missil tactic, tot i que amb una precisió patetica, era llençat principalment des de catapultes a vapor com aquesta. La V-1 que veieu aquí es falsa, la peça real es la rampa en si. Despres provaren de llencar-les des de bombarders He-111.
Foto feta al Imperial War Museum de Duxford.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba_volant_V-1
=================================================
The German V-1, the first tactical missile, was launched with steam catapults like this one, like modern carrier planes. Later they tried also launches from flying bombers, like the He-111. Anyway the precision of this weapon was quite pathetic. But compared to the V-2, with the same precision, it was much more cheap and tied a lot more of allied resources. By the way, the ramp is real, the V-1 is fake.
Picture taken in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpnKARvd24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
A V-1 ramjet being tested NOW (I don't know if it's an original one or a modern copy):