; a little more on this....................Development of the rocket in the German Army.
In March of 1931, the German scientist Karl Poggensee reached the 450 meters of height using a solid-propellant rocket. In the same month, the technician Johannes Winkler experienced with a liquid-propellant rocket HWR 1 (Hückler-Winkler-Raketen 1) being Hückel the name of the man who financed the project. In that same year the pioneer of the German missile technology, Willy Ley reached the 1600 meters with a liquid-propellant rocket.
The German Army began to experience with rockets, being settled down the department of Wa-Prüf 11 in the artillery ground tests of Kummersdorf - West (Artillerie-Versuchsgelände). Within the Wa-Prüf were established two areas: one for solid-propellant rockets (feststoffraketen) and another one for liquid-propellant rockets (flüssigkeitsraketen). Under command of Hauptmann Dr Walter Dornberger the Germans gathered around 250 young scientific.
The first rocket, the direct predecessor of the famous V-2, was the A-1 (Aggregat 1) with an impulse of 300 kilopond (kilogram-force) that used liquid fuel. This was followed by the A-2 whose two first prototypes were called “Max” and “Moritz” those were launched in December of 1934 from the island of Borkum reaching a height of 2000 meters.
Source: Die Deutschen Geheim Waffen. Brian Ford.
Cheers. Raúl M
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