E-3 (rocket)

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Disarmed casing of an E-3 outside of Krastenfeld, 2018
TypeSingle-stage ballistic missile
Place of originEnglean Empire
Service history
In service1945 - 1960
Used by
Production history
DesignerImperial Institute for Military Research
ManufacturerGneisenauer Raketenwerk
Produced1942 - 1953
Specifications
Weight12,500 kg (27,600 lb)
Length14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Diameter1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Warhead
Detonation
mechanism
Impact

Wingspan3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
Propellant
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.