Would the V2 Rocket be much use in modern warfare?
no,the V-1 would be better to use in modern warfare ,because the V-1 was you could say the original cruse missile but it was ground launched most of the time,but there were a few that were launched from HE-111 bombers as test weapons ,the bad side of the weapon was when it ran out of fuel it would crash and explode if a fighter could catch up to it the pilot could get the wing of his plane under the V-1 wing and tip it over so it would crash ,or flat out shoot it down ,or the anti-aircraft guns would shoot it down.
someone has missed the point they could not be shot down by propeller driven aircraft that was the v1 there was and still is no defence against something arriving at 5000miles an hour dont talk about patriot anti missile system-ask the israelis how much use they were against scuds.the v2 makes a hell of a hole and i am sure it wouldn’t be to difficult to rig sat nav into the onboard guidance system.
A V2 wasn’t even all that useful in 1944. Being the very first successful ballistic missile the V2 was, by today’s standards quite crude. The guidance system, such as it was, only provided enough accuracy to hit something the size of a city. This limited the system to strategic attacks against civilian populations, not military or industrial targets. History has shown this is not a very effective tactic. The systems range by modern standards isn’t all that great either. Finally, the V2 required extensive fixed launching sites were were very vulnerable to attack. Oddly enough in the grand scheme of things the V1 cruise missile was a much more effective weapon. Because the V1 could be intercepted the British had to keep hundreds of fighters and anti-aircraft guns at home to defend against them. This diverted resources the British could have been deployed in the front lines in France. The V2 could not be intercepted so there was no point maintaining air defense assets to deal with them. T
Not really, unless you fire dozens and dozens of them at the same time. SCUD and its relatives are the descendants of the V2 rocket, and they didn’t really do much in the Gulf War (and yes, we got the Patriot system, but later studies shows that the miss rate is actually far higher than first suspected) The American ATACAM tactical missile, and its relative, the MLRS, are far more effective, and far more accurate, in the range needed. If you need longer ranges, there’s always the Harpoon and Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as JDAMs and such dropped by bombers. — Kasey C, PC guru since Apple II days I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
