Talk:V-2

Number of deaths of construction workers.

I thought I'd bring to people's attention that an article in The Times today (20th April 2011) listed the death toll of the workers used to build the rockets as 20,000. Not having access to the book cited for the figure of 12,000 in this wikipedia article, I can't tell if the new figure would be helpful or should be ignored. 86.156.214.48 (talk) 16:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Timewatch and targets

In the 1970s, the BBC 2 traced several of the German scientists who had gone to work for the Russians in 1945, including Gotrupps widow. One of the scientists was awarded the Order Of Lenin for his work. The senior professor reckoned that with world famous Russian scientists such a Kapitsa, the Germans had saved the Russians about a year, two years at most. Frau Gotrupp was mostly impressed by the sight of the damage and wreckage caused by the war as the special train travelled into Russia.

Does anyvody know where I can get a copy of this Timewatch as the BBC has never answered my enquiries.

One other point in the V2 story has long puzzled me. The V1 and V2 weapons were mostly used against the UK, much the junior Allied partner. Does anybody know why these weapons weren't used against Russia?AT Kunene (talk) 09:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

V-2 vs V2

It says "common usage" is to call it V-2, because it was misprinted in the US. They're called V2s in the UK and Europe so I don't think that counts as "common use".Gymnophoria (talk) 13:01, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

It's V2 in the UK. Given that the majority of V2s were directed at the UK, I think that the article should be renamed V2. --Nick Bell (talk) 19:04, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Regardless of where the majority of the missiles were aimed, the majority of printed sources refer to the weapon as "V-2". I can't recall any offhand that left out the dash/hyphen/whatsit. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:07, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Correct name of proposed sea-launched missiles?

The current (Dec. 2011) text reads:

Hitler, in July 1944 and Speer, in January 1945, made speeches alluding to a campaign to have U-boats fire "robot" U-1 and U-2 bombs at the U.S.

This denotes the weapons as "U" instead of "V". Is this a misprint, or did the Germans denote a U-boat-launched weapon with the "U"?

Does anybody know? Thanks in advance.--Raymondwinn (talk) 04:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

I can't see it being anything other than a spelling mistake (that's been there nearly three years! well spotted!) There's nothing in the source about it. Anyway, the phrase was redundant, so I've jibbed it. Xyl 54 (talk) 19:56, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

(Redirected from Aggregate 4)

"Aggregate" is plural, the singular Aggregat 4 is red. --91.10.6.230 (talk) 23:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Not anymore. Good catch! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC)