Test Stand VII was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at the Peenemünde Army Research Center and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military leaders, and Allied reconnaissance overflights and bombing.
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- Test Stand VII was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at the Peenemünde Army Research Center and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military leaders, and Allied reconnaissance overflights and bombing.
- Der Prüfstand VII war die wichtigste Entwicklungs- und Schulungs-Abschussrampe für A4-Raketen (bekannter unter der Bezeichnung "V2" der Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde.
- Prüfstand VII (sito prove VII) era la più importante rampa di lancio per missili A4, più noti come V2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2, arma di ritorsione 2), del centro di ricerche dell'esercito tedesco di Peenemünde durante la II guerra mondiale. Era circondata da un terrapieno ellittico, nel quale trovava posto la rampa, e pertanto era stata soprannominata "Arena". Faceva parte del sito Prüfstand VII anche un capannone per il montaggio alto 32 metri. Il sito Prüfstand VII appare sovradimensionato per i missili A4: infatti esso avrebbe dovuto essere utilizzato anche per le prove dei missili A9/A10 che però non poterono venire completati a causa delle peggiorate condizioni belliche. Al Prüfstand VII era installato inoltre un impianto di tipo televisivo per poter meglio seguire la traiettoria dei missili. Tale installazione era stata sviluppata dal pioniere della televisione Walter Bruch e si può dire che si tratti in assoluto della prima applicazione a livello industriale della televisione. Il sito prove venne utilizzato per i lanci dei missili A4 fino all'evacuazione di Peenemünde nel febbraio 1945 e ciò nonostante i rilevanti danni per un attacco aereo avvenuto nell'agosto 1944, peraltro riparati entro il novembre successivo. Tra il 1948 ed il 1961 il sito venne smantellato dalle truppe di occupazione sovietiche. Oggi se ne possono notare solo pochi resti. Membri dell'associazione modellistica DERA di Berlino hanno più volte fatto partire dal sito dell'ex Prüfstand VII dei modelli di missili. La data scelta è stata il 3 ottobre, in quanto in tale giorno dell'anno 1942, alle ore 15.58, era avvenuto con successo il primo lancio di un razzo A4. Questo missile era il primo manufatto umano che saliva verso lo spazio, ragion per cui il 3 ottobre 1942 è considerato la data di nascita dei viaggi nello spazio.
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- June 23, 1943 RAF reconnaissance photo of Test Stand VII
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- Engineers in Charge: Fritz Schwarz (1943), Hartmut Kuechen (through May 1944), followed by Dieter Huzel, then Dr. Kurt H. Debus.
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- The heavy missile ... rose only 15 feet above the firing table. Then it stood still! It stood upright in the air, showing no desire to turn over or to revolve about its longitudinal axis. It was an unbelievable sight. At any moment the rocket would topple or fall back, crash and explode. ... But I still kept my binoculars on the rocket. ... There must have been an interruption in the output of the steam generator for the propellant-pump turbine. ... The film operator, Kühn, had taken up position facing me on the [elliptical] wall of the test stand. He must have had good nerves. The rocket hung in the air just 100 yards away.[from Kühn] Nothing daunted, ... He certainly knew from experience that the moment the projectile fell back he would be in mortal danger. He just went on cranking. ... Our exhaust vanes were doing a wonderful job. The rocket stood unsupported in the air, as straight as a ramrod. Only 4 seconds had passed, ... The rocket was bound to topple now. The tilt [for trajectory control] would now begin automatically. ... The rocket grew lighter owing to the steady fuel consumption. Almost imperceptibly, yard by yard, it began to climb. Its nose turned very gradually eastward. ... At a height of 30 to 40 feet it moved slowly, still practically upright, toward the cameraman. He went on cranking. I caught my breath. Just a little more tilt and the rocket would certainly capsize and explode ... Now it was over the wall. Kühn knelt down and pointed his camera almost straight upward. It was going to be some film! ... I knew what was bound to come. ... I saw him get up slowly, still cranking. His camera was now practically horizontal. Then he pointed it diagonally down from the high wall. Boom! ... Smoke, flames, fragments of sheet-metal, branches, and sand whirled through the air. The rocket had crashed ... 40 yards beyond the wall ... The cameraman was still cranking. ... I was filled with an immense pride. ... only with men like this, could we finish the job that lay before us.
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- Test Stand VII was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at the Peenemünde Army Research Center and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military leaders, and Allied reconnaissance overflights and bombing.
- Der Prüfstand VII war die wichtigste Entwicklungs- und Schulungs-Abschussrampe für A4-Raketen (bekannter unter der Bezeichnung "V2" der Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde.
- Prüfstand VII (sito prove VII) era la più importante rampa di lancio per missili A4, più noti come V2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2, arma di ritorsione 2), del centro di ricerche dell'esercito tedesco di Peenemünde durante la II guerra mondiale. Era circondata da un terrapieno ellittico, nel quale trovava posto la rampa, e pertanto era stata soprannominata "Arena". Faceva parte del sito Prüfstand VII anche un capannone per il montaggio alto 32 metri.
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