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Hardened launch sites
Hardened launch sites Kraftwerk Nordwest Schotterwerk Nord Mobile launch sites V2 Supply Chain
 

The Germans constructed 4 large bunkers for storing, preparing and launching the V2:

  • Wasserwerk 2 (aka Ersatz Bauvorhaben 8, Minenlager, Oelbunker Cherbourg), Brécourt. This is the same object as the one in the V1 section. The purpose changed from V2 to V1 launch site.
  • Reservelager West (aka R.L.W., Bauvorhaben 51, 1352, B 51) in Brix/Sottevast.
  • Kraftwerk Nordwest (aka Eperlecques I, Eperlecques II, K.N.W., K.N.W. Alt, Mannschaftsbunker) in Éperlecques/Watten
  • Schotterwerk Nord West (aka Frontlager Schotterwerk Nord West, Wizernes I, Wizernes II, Bauvorhaben 21, B 21, S.N.W., K.N.W. neu, Ersatz K.N.W., 1302) in Wizernes.
    In relation to the Wizernes site, there is special construction in a place called Roquetoire (codenamed Umspannwerk C). It was used for guidance of the V2 rocket.

     

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