First Successful Full-Scale Test of the V-2 Rocket

Length about 14 m; mass about 13.2 t; speed over 5,600 km/h.

Industry, infrastructure and technology changed rapidly between 1938 and 1946, reshaping production, mobility and the material foundations of war and post-war recovery.

On 3 October 1942, in Germany, the milestone “First Successful Full-Scale Test of the V-2 Rocket” occurred. WWII CHRONOS records it as a specific industrial or technological event rather than as a vague multi-year trend.

Verified figure or fact: Length about 14 m; mass about 13.2 t; speed over 5,600 km/h. Physical measurements in WWII CHRONOS are expressed in the metric system.

This rocket engineering milestone helps explain the material systems behind the era: factories, energy, transport networks, extraction, communications, new materials and production methods.

This industrial history is inseparable from the Nazi war economy. The related article must also address coercion and forced labour where documented; the technical achievement is not presented as a value-neutral success.

Editorial status: Month and core fact verified; no unsupported day assigned. The source below supports the period and central claim; unsupported details have deliberately not been added.

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