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- SZ/OEMU/19 - [Medical Research Council. Military Personnel Research Committee. Sub-Committee on Body Armour and Steel Helmets]
- SZ/OEMU/19/3 - [MRC. MPRC. Sub-Committee on Body Armour and Steel Helmets: Reports, 1942-1944]
SZ/OEMU/19/3/1 - [Questionnaire for casualties, on helmets, undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/2 - Design of steel crash helmet [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/3 - Note on body armour, 19/4/40
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/4 - Chest wounds
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/5 - [Untitled paper on head wounds, 2/1/41]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/6 - Report on the protection by means of body armour not exceeding 10 lbs. in weight of so-called static troops [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/7 - Report of the Sub-Committee on Body Armour upon tests of penetration of manganese steel plates by sub-machine gun bullets and bayonet attack [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/8 - Report on visit to Middle East Forces, by Lt Col. H.L. Marriott, 14/7/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/9 - Penetration tests of manganese steel armour by sub-machine gun and rifle fire [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/10 - Penetration Tests of Cloth Steel "chain armour" and Steel/Rubber Sandwich Armour by .303 Rifle Fire [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/11 - Observations on the deflecting power of 1 mm. manganese steel against attack by .303 rifle fire
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/12 - Report from Home Forces on body armour submitted for troop trials, 8/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/13 - Report on penetration tests of body armour (Wisbrod armoured vests)...5/12/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/14 - Report on penetration tests on suit of body armour captured on route to Sweden and submitted for examination by Major W.S. Aylwin, 8/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/15 - Report on penetration tests of body armour (B.P.C. 12) and of manganese steel sheets from which it is manufactured, 9/12/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/16 - Report on penetration tests on manganese steel by standard British and German rifle ammunition, 9/12/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/17 - Report on medical aspects of new steel crash helmets, 26/12/41
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/18 - Notes on the protection by armour of A.A. personnel [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/19-20 - [Letter, SZ to Sir Frederick Pile, 22/1/42]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/21 - Assessment of value of present test for crash helmet, 23/2/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/22 - Report from A.A. 3(a) on the requirement for body armour for A.A. personnel, 28/1/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/23 - Report on trials of body armour modified to provide improved ventilation and comfort. Trials carried out at Wellington Barracks, 17/2/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/24 - Preliminary note on the blast protection afforded to the ear by headphones, 4/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/25-28 - Progress report on armour for A.A. crews, 9/4/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/29-31 - Notes on B.P.C. 42/20, 12/4/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/32 - Progress report on armour for A.A. crews [undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/33 - Report on steel crash helmets, by H.W.B. Cairns, 5/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/34 - [Letter, H.W.B. Cairns to E.A. Carmichael, 7/9/42]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/35 - [Note on a meeting called to discuss steel helmets, undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/36 - [Letter, H.W.B. Cairns to E.A. Carmichael, 7/9/42]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/37 - [Observations on the American helmet, the British steel helmet (No.1), and the British Mark III steel helmet, undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/38 - [Amended note on a meeting called to discuss steel helmets, undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/39 - [Letter, H.W.B. Cairns to E.A. Carmichael, 7/9/42]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/40 - [Observations on the American helmet, the British steel helmet (No1), and the British Mark III steel helmet, undated]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/41 - [Statistics of A.A. personnel casualties, 8/4/42]
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/42 - A Trial of body armour conducted at the Middle East Training Centre from 14/9/42-19/9/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/43-44 - Observations on B.P.C. 42/158, 21/12/42
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/45 - Information on the distribution of trunk wounds...
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SZ/OEMU/19/3/46 - The Resistance of flak suits and an armoured life jacket to penetration by steel balls, 9/44
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