Thats is not a mobile launcher that is fixed As I recall on the V-2 had a mobile launcher on wheels The V-1 could be launched by aircraft underwing of a He 111
The fixed ramps were quickly detected and bombed, so mobile ramps like this, easily erected and dismantled, were used to launch missiles from different parts of the Pas de Calais. The experimental air-launched V1s failed to pose a serious threat.
Near my hometown where 7 v1 lauchramps. And there where all build in the last years of the war, so they where all build like this one.. When a lauchsite was bombed the could break it appart and drop the steel contruction on a pre made concrete foundation.. I now where that reserve base is in my area, and that one was never used.. But i dont now if the germans elswhere ever relocated their ramps..
This was at Eperlecques in Northern France in October 2006. The site is open to the public and the English commentary can be heard: "Back in the present, we hope you will never forget this journey to the past..."
u can send one of these spinning by just tapping it with ur wing still those krauts are damn geniuses
phonix032 2 years ago 2
wasnt the engine a pulse jet and that why it was called the buzz bomb?
tomcat2285 4 years ago 9
correct!
ledtoetmn 3 years ago
The ramps dont look that easy to make.Ive got a v1 clip and it sounded like an unsilenced motorcycle. Its when the engine cut out you had to worry.
good clip.
zaohad1 3 years ago
werent they called doodlebugs?
dogsRoxXD 3 years ago 2
Yes it was, it was a pulse engine that ran it too. Thats the reason its SO LOUD !
hellzone100 3 years ago
Thats is not a mobile launcher that is fixed As I recall on the V-2 had a mobile launcher on wheels The V-1 could be launched by aircraft underwing of a He 111
jctopgun 4 years ago
The fixed ramps were quickly detected and bombed, so mobile ramps like this, easily erected and dismantled, were used to launch missiles from different parts of the Pas de Calais. The experimental air-launched V1s failed to pose a serious threat.
ocserfal 4 years ago
Near my hometown where 7 v1 lauchramps. And there where all build in the last years of the war, so they where all build like this one.. When a lauchsite was bombed the could break it appart and drop the steel contruction on a pre made concrete foundation.. I now where that reserve base is in my area, and that one was never used.. But i dont now if the germans elswhere ever relocated their ramps..
tommezzzz 3 years ago
nice video. could you tell where exactly is that?
fgc1975 4 years ago
wheres this at???Cool Video!!
crazdayz 5 years ago
This was at Eperlecques in Northern France in October 2006. The site is open to the public and the English commentary can be heard: "Back in the present, we hope you will never forget this journey to the past..."
ocserfal 5 years ago
@crazdayz Blockhaus d’Éperlecques
Snake87deluxe 9 months ago