V-weapons
SET OF LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY WEAPONS DEVELOPED BY NAZI GERMANY, DESIGNED FOR STRATEGIC BOMBING DURING WORLD WAR II, PARTICULARLY TERROR BOMBING AND/OR AERIAL BOMBING OF CITIES
Reprisal weapon; Vengence weapon; Vergeltungswaffen; Vergeltungwaffen; Vengeance weapon; Vengeance weapons; V-Waffen; V-waffen; V-weapon; Vergeltungswaffe
V-weapons, known in original German as (, German: "retaliatory weapons", "reprisal weapons"), were a particular set of long-range artillery weapons designed for strategic bombing during World War II, particularly strategic bombing and/or aerial bombing of cities.Basil Collier (1976) The Battle of the V-Weapons.