Cutaway of one the V2’s pre-chambers with fuel and LOX injectors.

Cutaway of one the V2's pre-chambers with fuel and LOX injectors.

One of the V2's 18 injector pots showing fuel and LOX injector copper alloy inserts. The spray head A is for liquid oxygen (LOX) and the numerous small injectors lining the chamber are for the fuel. The term pre-chamber is a throw-back to a time when combustion systems developed at the Kummersdorf test facility had a closed structure rather than the open bucket design seen here. Image Horst Beck Collection

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