Rocket

  • K. Karmarkar Defence Science Organisation, New Delhi
Keywords: Rockets, World war, V2 wepons, jet damping,

Abstract

The rockets of World War II represented, not the invention of a new weapon, but the modernization of a very old one. As early as 1232 A.D, the Chinese launched rockets against the Mongols. About a hundred years later the knowledge of ledge of rockets was quite widespread and they were used to set fire to buildings and to terrorize the enemy. But as cannon developed, rockets declined in warfare. However rockets were used occasionally as weapons till about 1530 A.D. About this time improvements in artillery-rifled gun barrel and mechanism to absorb recoil-established a standard of efficiency with which rockets could not compare until World War II brought pew conditions

Author Biography

K. Karmarkar, Defence Science Organisation, New Delhi
Defence Science Organisation,

Published
2013-01-01
How to Cite
Karmarkar, K. (2013). Rocket. Defence Science Journal, 2(4), 218-221. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.2.3448
Section
Armaments & Explosives