Proving Grounds

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A collection of WW2 Proving grounds. These test locations were used to try out new weapons and ideas on military might. New weapons like tanks, or their special armor piercing ordnance, Rockets like the V2 of Jet aircraft.

Heinkel Aircraft Factory at Oranienburg Airfield, Oranienburg Germany

Flugplatz Oranienburg was an airfield north of Berlin. It was built between 1936 and 1939 and was one …

Posted February 18, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick

Die Weisser Häuser, The White Houses – Luftwaffe Proving Grounds – Rechlin, Germany

Just 7 kilometers from Erprobungstelle Rechlin (Eng. proving grounds Rechlin) the Germans built constructions on a heath to …

Posted February 16, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick

Luftfahrttechnischen Museum Rechlin – Aviation Museum Rechlin – Rechlin, Germany

Already in 1939 the first operational jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, was tested on the almost circular …

Posted July 23, 2023 (updated September 6, 2024) by Patrick

V1 Katapult Prüfstände – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and …

Posted September 27, 2012 (updated April 1, 2024) by Pascal

Prüfstand VII, Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, Germany

On the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 …

Posted September 11, 2012 (updated February 12, 2024) by Pascal