The document summarizes special weapons used in World War 2, including the V2 rocket developed by Germany which was the first long range ballistic missile, anti-aircraft missiles experimented with by Germany and the US, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 240,000 people, and popular sniper rifles used by the major forces including the Mosin-Nagant, Mauser K98k, Springfield M1903A4, and Arisaka Type 97.

1. SPECIAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR TWO

2. The V2 Rocket Most V2’s were launched at London. The V2 was a rocket developed by the Germans. It was the worlds first long range combat ballistic missile. Over 3, 000 V2’s were launched. Only 68% of the launches were successful. However, the rocket was still devastating.

3. Ant- Air Missiles Enzian- The enzian was a German infrared missile that’s experimenting got cancelled before it was operational. Stinger- The stinger was a portable surface- to- air (SAM) developed by the U.S. Wasserfall- The wasserfall was an anti- aircraft missile that had the same layout as the V2 rocket that was near success until the experimenting got cancelled.

4. Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy”, an atomic bomb, on Hiroshima. Three days later Bock’s Car dropped the “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. A combined 240, 000 people were killed in the two bombings by America.

5. Sniper Rifles Mosin-Nagant M91/30 used by the Soviet Union and Finland Mauser K98k used by Germany Springfield M1903A4 used by the United States Arisaka Type 97 used by Japan

6. WORKS CITED http://hubpages.com/hub/World-War-II-Snipers_strategies http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page