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Song Parodies -> "Launch V-2s"

Original Song Title:

"Rock With You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Michael Jackson

Parody Song Title:

"Launch V-2s"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

Although the Germans had unofficially test-fired six underwater missiles as early as the summer of 1942 with the 30cm Wurfkörper 42 Spreng mounted on the deck of the Type IXC U-boat U-551 (an idea coming from Doktor Ernst Steinhoff who worked for Peenemünde), Dönitz was convinced that the rockets could be developed further into anti-convoy weapons. Greater still was the Prüfstand XII (Test Stand XII) project involving the towing and firing of the V-2 missile from a U-boat. The concept arose in 1943 which involved towing the missile across the North Atlantic in a watertight container behind the U-boat and then setting it up vertically for launch against US eastern seaboard targets - particularly, New York. Assigned to the project were Klaus Riedel, Bernhard Tessmann, Hans Huter and Georg von Tisenhausen. Due to Kriegsmarine priorities and those of Peenemünde the sub-launched missile was delayed until 1944 when work began on three large containers for the missiles. The containers would be 105 ft long, displace roughly 500 tons, and contain a single V-2 within as well as a control room and fuel tanks. The three initial containers were to be towed by a single Type XXI U-boat with the forward speed keeping them submerged until it was time to raise them and launch against the target. In addition, it was planned that one of the three containers would carry extra diesel fuel for the U-boat for re-supply during the voyage. Once on station, the U-boat would quickly surface and stop, allowing the containers to surface. Crews would then board each container, open the valves to fill the ballast tanks, raising the launchers to the vertical position whereby an electrical connection to the U-boat would be made. Once that was accomplished the crews would enter the control room and perform their tasks: fuel the missiles, set the gyroscopic guidance system, and open the electrically-operated doors. When it was time to launch, the men would return to the U-boat where they would be triggered by remote control, the ducts turning the rockets' efflux through 180 degrees up the sides of the containers and out into the atmosphere. The Vulkanwerft at Stettin accepted the contract to build the first three containers in December 1944 while Blohm und Voss shipyard was contracted to convert a single Type XXI for the task. Due to bombing, the U-boat was not converted and of the three containers, only one was actually completed by May 1945 with two others at 65 percent
German surprise
At Stettin something is new
Sailors delighted
Prufstand XII V-2 launcher tubes
Sub modified
Type XXI will tow it fine
North Atlantic feat
And there’s no need to worry
No US planes above

It’s gonna launch V-2s (Sea Strike)
Towed right into place (Just right)
It’s gonna launch V-2s (Sea Strike)
Gonna hit New York miles away

Started in ’44
US Eastern seaboard targets
From long distance
105 ft and 500 tons
Just three to tow
Under the surface below
North Atlantic feat
And there’s no need to worry
No US planes above

It’s gonna launch V-2s (Sea Strike)
Towed right into place (Just right)
It’s gonna launch V-2s (Sea Strike)
Gonna hit New York miles away

When the missiles are launched and gone (Ja!)
The U-boat will the dive
Glorify the Type XXI

It’s gonna launch V-2s
From those towed missile tubes
It’s gonna launch V-2s
From those towed missile tubes

They’ll watch the clock (Sea Strike) Missiles hurled (Just right)
Twin V-2s, Targeting you (Ja!)
(Sea Strike)
Missiles are away!

Mach 3 and getting through (Ja!) (Sea Strike)
New York miles away (Soon fright)
Mach 3 and getting through (Sea Strike)
Missiles are away!

Hits a street
Feel that heat
Many blocks away (Sea Strike)
US is shocked - Shocked and in disarray!!!
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David Copper - September 01, 2011 - Report this comment
WOW! Never knew about this at all. But what did they hope to achieve with one ton warheads hitting NY??? I have seen a Luftwaffe map of an area of Manhatten to hit with a single bomb, but they didn't have a nuke as far as I know. What was the purpose? Chemical or biological attack? Radiological? Hmm... boggles the mind.

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