V2 rocket Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/v2-rocket/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:18:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Review: La Coupole, Pas-de-Calais https://mechtraveller.com/2018/08/review-la-coupole-pas-de-calais/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/08/review-la-coupole-pas-de-calais/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:54:13 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3577 La Coupole is one of the giant concrete constructions* built by the Germans in France during World War 2. It was designed to be a combined assembly and launch facility for Hitler’s V2 rockets. Its colossal, 72m diameter reinforced concrete domed roof was 5.5m thick and designed to shrug off even the biggest bombs – […]

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