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Reprisal Weapon No. 2 or V-2 as it was popularly known, was a German long-range rocket of the Second World War, developed in 1945. They were 13.7 meters long, 12.5 ton rockets with a flight speed of 3000 mph at a flight height of 60 miles used to bomb England from bases in occupied Europe.
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The Vasilek is a Soviet 82 mm automatic mortar first used during the 1970s and used extensively during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The Vasilek may be loaded manually through the muzzle or automatically from four-round clips through the breech and fires a 3.23 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 4720 meters.
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The Vickers 2-pounder Mark VIII was a British naval anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War. The Mark VIII was essentially a redesign of the previous Mark II to suit an eight barrel mounting with a more robust automatic mechanism. When the Mark VIII entered service in 1930 it was a very advanced weapon, however, by 1939 the rapid advancements in aircraft design meant that its low muzzle velocity and lack of a satisfactory explosive shell made the gun fairly useless. The Vickers 2-pounder Mark VIII fired a 2 lb shell to a range of 3500 meters, or the high-velocity 2 lb shell 4500 meters to a standard anti-aircraft ceiling of 4000 meters at a rate of fire of 115 rounds-per-minute.
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The Vickers 3.7 inch AA gun was a British anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War. It fired 8 rounds-per-minute to an effective ceiling of 40000 feet.
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The Vickers Type 891 Vigilant (BAC Vigilant) was a British surface-to-surface anti-tank wire guided missile developed in the late 1950's, first fired in 1957. The Vickers Type 891 was developed as a lightweight, one-man portable anti-tank weapons system, and had a range of about 1.6 km and a flight speed of 565 kmh. The Vickers Type 891 Vigilant was armed with a 6 kg hollow-charge warhead capable of penetrating 558 mm of armour plate.
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The Viper LAW (light anti-tank weapon) is an American lightweight, shoulder fired, one-man, infantry anti-tank weapon designed as a replacement for the M72A2. The Viper LAW has a calibre of 70 mm and fires a precision shaped charge to an effective range of 500 meters and is able to penetrate 400 mm of armour.
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