SPECIAL WEAPONS

OF WORLD WAR TWO

By Charlie Simon

The V2 Rocket

Most V2’s were launched at London.The V2 was a rocket developed by the Germans.It was the worlds first long range combat ballistic missile.Over 3, 000 V2’s were launched.Only 68% of the launches were successful.However, the rocket was still devastating.

Ant- Air Missiles

• Enzian- The enzian was a German infrared missile that’s experimenting got cancelled before it was operational.

• Stinger- The stinger was a portable surface- to- air (SAM) developed by the U.S.

• Wasserfall- The wasserfall was an anti- aircraft missile that had the same layout as the V2 rocket that was near success until the experimenting got cancelled.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• On August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy”, an atomic bomb, on Hiroshima.

• Three days later Bock’s Car dropped the “Fat Man” on Nagasaki.

• A combined 240, 000 people were killed in the two bombings by America.

Sniper Rifles

• Mosin-Nagant M91/30 used by the Soviet Union and Finland

• Mauser K98k used by Germany• Springfield M1903A4 used by the United

States• Arisaka Type 97 used by Japan

WORKS CITED

• http://hubpages.com/hub/World-War-II-Snipers_strategies

• http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The V2 Rocket