Would it be possible for a V2 to hit moscow, and destroy red square, or something amongst those lines, if moscow got turned in to city ruins, what would be the result? Would anything of changed?
It's one of the great ironies of WW2 that the Nazi's most advanced weapons system was also their most pointless one. As Calbear says the V-2 didn't have the range, accuracy or payload to be a decisive weapon, the attacks on London achieved little of military consequence. They would have been far better putting most of the V-2's development budget into more jet fighters for the Luftwaffe to counter the Allied bombing offensive.
The V-2 had a max range of around 400 kilometers and carried a 2,000 pound warhead.
By the time the V-2 was operational the Germans had been pushed back into Poland.
Even if, by some miracle, the Luftwaffe manged to transport a missile into range and managed to hit Red Square (itself far from a sure bet given the CEP of the missile) with a single 2,000 pound bomb the effect would be insignificant.
It's one of the great ironies of WW2 that the Nazi's most advanced weapons system was also their most pointless one. As Calbear says the V-2 didn't have the range, accuracy or payload to be a decisive weapon, the attacks on London achieved little of military consequence. They would have been far better putting most of the V-2's development budget into more jet fighters for the Luftwaffe to counter the Allied bombing offensive.
The parade of Nazi prisoners?It might affect the parade though...![]()