On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:09:09 +1100, Bernardz
wrote:



This class of weapon system is quite easy to build. A decent machine
shop can build them. For example a V1 rocket in WW2 could be constructed
from very simple material, relatively unskilled labor and took about 500
man hours to complete.


And required maitenance and was no where near a "store and fire"
weapon. You would need fueling facilities and that means taht "wooden
rounds" where you simply stick it in a container until you need to
shoot, are right out.
Also, you might consider that a large body of opinion holds that
the German's concentration on V weapons, rather than useful things,
such as fighters, may have hurt them worse than the weapons hurt the
allies-- in other words, the wonder weapon was a neat weapon-- for OUR
side.