Daimler-Benz hands over a tail unit for the A 4 missile

In Peenemünde Daimler-Benz hands over a tail unit produced in Sindelfingen for the A 4 missile developed by Wernher von Braun. The 7.5 metre component with a diametre of 1.6 metres consists of a steel skeleton with high-temperature sheet steel panelling. Daimler-Benz is commissioned to supply a pilot series of 175 tail units. However, production does not begin until summer 1944.