E-3 (rocket)

Aggregat-4 / Vergeltungswaffe-2
Disarmed casing of an E-3 outside of Krastenfeld, 2018
Type	Single-stage ballistic missile
Place of origin	Englean Empire
Service history
In service	1945 - 1960
Used by	Englean Imperial Army Englean Imperial Air Force
Production history
Designer	Imperial Institute for Military Research
Manufacturer	Gneisenauer Raketenwerk
Produced	1942 - 1953
Specifications
Weight	12,500 kg (27,600 lb)
Length	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Diameter	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Warhead	1500 kg Amatol 15 kt A378 nuclear warhead 1 mt A293 nuclear warhead
Detonation mechanism	Impact
Wingspan	3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propellant	3,810 kg (8,400 lb) 75% ethanol 25% water 4,910 kg (10,820 lb) liquid oxygen
Operational range	320 km (200 mi)
Flight altitude	88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long-range trajectory 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically
Speed	Maximum: 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph) At impact: 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph)
Guidance system	Gyroscopes to determine direction Pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets
Launch platform	Mobile

The E-3 (Entwicklung 3) rocket was an early Englean ballistic missile developed during the Second Great War, and used later in the early Cold War to deliver nuclear warheads.