V2

Andrew Dinn andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Thu Jul 20 03:30:20 CDT 1995


jayne writes:

> A bit over a year ago, someone posted lots of info about
> the V2 (A4) to a WWII mailing list.  Something jogged my memory
> of this post, and luckily I had it saved.  The second paragraph
> of this description of the A9 version should interest readers
> of GR.

> >                     A-9
> > 
> > Similar to the the A-4b, ...

I'm still kicking myself for not buying a book on WWII missile
technology which mentioned a lot of other weapons developed at
Peenemunde, the Luftwaffe research base not the Army base where the
A-series rockets were developed. Amongst other weapons (e.g. the
Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile) there was a guided missile named, I
shite ye not, Enzian.


> P.S.  A silly observation I made many years ago:
> 	The object of everyone's quest in V. was?

The elusive V.? The Virgin?

> 	The object of everyone's quest in GR was?

The elusive A4? The 00000 (funf punkt). - Gravity's (Arc) Angel

> 	So is GR a sequel to V.?

Is `The Education..' a sequel to `Mont St Michel and Chartres'


Andrew Dinn
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