Editing Test Stand VII (section)

{{Short description|Rocket testing site used by Nazi Germany during World War II}}
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{{Infobox Military Structure
| name             = Test Stand VII 
| nativename       = {{langx|de|Prüfstand VII}}
| partof           = [[Peenemünde|Army Research Center Peenemünde]],<br />[[Nazi Germany]]
| location         = [[Usedom]] island
| coordinates      = {{Wikidatacoord|Q2115519|type:landmark_region:DE-MV|display=inline,title}}
| image            = Peenemunde-165515.jpg
| image_size       = 300px
| caption          = 23 June 1943 RAF reconnaissance photo of Test Stand VII
| image2           = Pruefstand-VII-Peenemuende.jpg
| image2_size      = 300px
| caption2         = Diorama at Peenemünde Historical and Technical Information Centre
| type             = [[bunker]]
| code             = 
| built            = 1938<ref>{{cite web |last=Janberg |first=Nicolas |url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012008 |title=Montagehalle Prüfstrand VII |work=International Database and Gallery of Structures |publisher=Structurae |access-date=6 October 2008 }}</ref>
| builder          = [[Peenemünde#HVP Organization|HVP]]
| materials        = sand, concrete, brick, steel
| height           = {{cvt|10|m|ft}} hohe Bóschung<ref name=Klee/>
| used             = [[List of V-2 test launches|World War II]]
| demolished       = 1961<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=45850 | title=Prüfstand VII |work=Peenemünde |access-date=28 January 2008 |publisher=SkyscraperPage.com }}</ref>
| condition        = demolished
| ownership        = 
| open_to_public   = [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Historisch-technisches_Informationszentrum_Peenem%C3%BCnde Peenemünde Historical and Technical Information Centre]
| controlledby     = 
| past_commanders  = Engineers in Charge: Fritz Schwarz (1943),<ref name=Dornberger/>{{Rp|127,141}} Hartmut Kuechen (through May 1944), followed by [[Bipropellant rocket#References|Dieter Huzel]], then Dr. [[Kurt H. Debus]].<ref name=Huzel/>
|battles=[[Operation Crossbow]], [[Bombing of Peenemünde in World War II|Operation Hydra]]
|events=DERA rocket model club launches<ref>[http://www.dera.de/195.0.html Deutsche Experimental Raketen Arbeitsgruppe] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120731094333/http://www.dera.de/195.0.html |date=31 July 2012 }} {{in lang|de }}</ref>
| garrison         = 
| occupants        = 
}}
'''Test Stand VII''' ({{langx|de|Prüfstand VII}}, P-7) was the principal [[V-2 rocket]] testing facility at [[Peenemünde Airfield]] and was capable of static firing rocket motors with up to 200 tons of thrust. Notable events at the site include the [[List of V-2 test launches|first successful V-2 launch]] on 3 October 1942, visits by German military leaders, and Allied reconnaissance overflights and bombing.