The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1" [a]) was an early cruise missile. Its official Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) designation was Fieseler Fi 103[3] and its suggestive name was Höllenhund (hellhound). It was also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb or doodlebug[4][b] and Maikäfer (maybug). [c]

2024年12月25日 · V-1 missile, German jet-propelled missile of World War II, the forerunner of modern cruise missiles. More than 8,000 V-1s were launched against London from June 13, 1944, to March 29, 1945, with about 2,400 hitting the target area. A smaller number were fired against Belgium. The rockets were launched from the Pas-de-Calais area on the northern ...

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.

2019年12月10日 · The V-1 flying bomb was developed by Germany during World War II (1939-1945) as a vengeance weapon and was an early unguided cruise missile. Tested at Peenemünde-West facility, the V-1 was the only production aircraft to utilize a …

The V1 Flying Bomb, also known as a 'buzz bomb' or 'doodlebug', was one of the most fear-inducing terror weapons of the Second World War. In the face of relentless Allied bombing of German cities, Hitler created its 'revenge weapons' (Vergeltungswaffen) in an attempt to terrorise British civilians and undermine morale.

2020年10月30日 · One week after D-Day, Germany began launching a new, secret weapon at London. The distinctive roar of V-1 flying bombs would slowly fill the air and then suddenly cut out, followed shortly by the massive explosion as a warhead went off. Dozens would fall in the first week, and the Royal Air Force had to scramble to stop them.

2015年8月24日 · The V-1 missile was a flying bomb, far cheaper and simpler than the V-2 rocket already under development, though in service both would carry similar 1-ton warheads. The Argus reaction propulsion jet engine, first flown in early 1941, had a loud “on-off ” roar that inadvertently provided up to a five-minute warning to targeted populations.

2017年4月12日 · The V1 and V2 missiles were not very accurate, but they had a terrorizing effect on civilian populations, which was part of the German strategy. After the war, the V2 rocket became the basis of space and missile programs in Great Britain, the …

2015年2月6日 · A V-1 rocket as seen from the gun camera of a British fighter. (Image source: WW2Today.com) The Original Cruise Missile. The V-1 was history’s first mass-produced cruise missile. Each could carry a 1-ton warhead nearly 250 km (160 miles) at a cruising speed of 650 km/h (400 mph). A V-1 falls onto London. (Image source: WikiCommons.) Rain of ...

2023年2月2日 · Vengeance weapon one (V-1), the “buzz bomb,” the “doodlebug” or the “Fi 103” – whatever name you call it by, this impressive World War II-era German flying bomb was the world’s first operational cruise missile. Despite numerous proposals for a weapon of this type early in the conflict, the V-1 wasn’t put into use until 1944.