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  2. Non-ballistic atmospheric entry - Wikipedia

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    The conceptual basis was first noticed by German artillery officers, who found that their Peenemünder Pfeilgeschosse arrow shells traveled much further when fired from higher altitudes. This was not entirely unexpected due to geometry and thinner air, but when these factors were accounted for, they still could not explain the much greater ...

  3. Peenemünde Army Research Center - Wikipedia

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    On April 2, 1936, the aviation ministry paid 750,000 reichsmarks to the town of Wolgast [3]: 41 for the whole Northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom. [4]: 17 By the middle of 1938, the Army facility had been separated from the Luftwaffe facility and was nearly complete, with personnel moved from Kummersdorf. [5]

  4. Krupp K5 - Wikipedia

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    Krupp's K5 series were consistent in mounting a 21.5-metre-long (71 ft) gun barrel in a fixed mounting with only vertical elevation of the weapon. This gondola was then mounted on a pair of 12-wheel bogies designed to be operated on commercial and military rails built to German standards.

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  6. Röchling shell - Wikipedia

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    The subcaliber shells made from chrome-vanadium steel were able to penetrate much more than 4 metres (13 ft) of reinforced concrete roof before burying the shell through the floor and into earth. [2] They resembled fin-stabilized arrow shells, but had a discarding flange acting as a driving band instead of fins. [3]

  7. Peenemunde - Wikipedia

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  8. Aggregat - Wikipedia

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    The shape of the rocket was based on the 8-mm rifle bullet, in anticipation of supersonic flight. The rocket was 6.7 metres (22 ft) in length, 0.70 metres (2.3 ft) feet in diameter, and weighed 750 kg (1,650 lb) when fueled. Fins were included, for "arrow stability", structurally anchored by an antenna ring.

  9. SAM-N-8 Zeus - Wikipedia

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    SAM-N-8 Zeus, also known as Zeus I, was a project by the Naval Ordnance Laboratory of the United States Navy to develop a guided anti-aircraft artillery shell for launch from 8-inch (200 mm) guns. Tested in the late 1940s, it was overtaken by advances in guided missile technology.