This photo shows an excellent presentation of the gas (steam) generation plant assembled from carefully refurbished flown and unflown V2 missile parts by Horst Beck.
The display shows the large elliptical H2O2 (80% test strength hydrogen peroxide) tank at the top of the assembly and the smaller sodium permangenate reservoir below. The smaller cylinder to the left of the sodium permanganate tank is the steam generation chamber sometimes referred to as 'the disintegrator'. The rack of blue painted cylinders, that look and function just like 'scuba' tanks, are part of the V2's on-board nitrogen gas (air) reservoir employed to power the missile's various pneumatic control valves. A second nitrogen reservoir was held in the equipment bay near the top of the missile. Image courtesy Horst Beck Collection
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