The Bumper 5 was a two-stage rocket that combined the V-2 rocket with a WAC Corporal sounding rocket. While the V-2 achieved its thrust by burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and alcohol at a rapid ...

Bumper 8 was a groundbreaking 62-foot experimental two-stage rocket: a German V-2 rocket mated with a U.S. WAC Corporal rocket. The sandbag-protected blockhouse featured a periscope-like window ...