The V3
Of all Hitlers V weapons the V3 is the least documented. This is mainly due to the
fact that it was never used. However it would seem that there was also an official
reluctance to discuss the matter after the war. This was probably due to the fact
that British Intelligence knew nothing of the V3 and were taken totally by surprise
at its existence. They were then less than happy to admit that they had failed to
find the weapon. It is only as official documents have been released into the public
domain that the full truth has been known. The V3 was basically a super gun .
There would have been 25 of them and they would,together have been able to fire
10 Rocket assisted shells a minute at London.
Had this weapon been used London would probably have had to be totally
evacuated. Fortunately the allies bombed the V3 site at
Mimoyeques in Northern
France,knowing that it was some type of V weapon installation. 617 Squadron, The
Dam busters, used Tallboy bombs to peirce the concrete dome that covered the
tunnels and rended it usele
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