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Which weapon has killed more people in its manufacture than in its use?

Nazi Germany spent a lot of resources on the development and production of the world's first long-range ballistic missiles V-2, but their combat effectiveness was very weak. Rocket factories made extensive use of concentration camp labor under harsh conditions, and it has been established that more people died in the production of V-2 rockets than from bombing with these weapons.

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