Tell that to the pickle barrels!
[OK, so the Norden only worked under perfect conditions].On a more serious note, it set the stage for a lot of the Mercury Flight Control technology that made the difference between the Mercury Landing and the Russian bailing out reentry procedures. If Germany had the electromechanical skill for guidance, the V-2 would have been more accurate at hitting targets.
However, I agree about some of Germany’s “superiority” being an exaggeration. Russia had better Rocket theory and Robert Goddard (US) had better combustion flow design. However, Germany mass produced rockets at a price point and production rate that we still have not reached in any other rocket by any other nation … so that ain’t nothing.
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