SZ/CSA/188/4 - Detection of mines by dogs : report on progress for period January - December, 1955, 1/56

Reference code

SZ/CSA/188/4

Level of description

Item

Title

Detection of mines by dogs : report on progress for period January - December, 1955, 1/56

Date/s

1956

Quantity & Format

19 leaves

Subject

United Kingdom. Ministry of Supply. Signals Research and Development Establishment
University of Birmingham

Scope and content

Describes the experimental work carried out at S.R.D.E. Christchurch and at the University of Birmingham. This includes the examination of cues available to dogs when detecting mines buried under disturbed earth; experiments to see whether it is possible to raise the dog's ability to respond to stimuli arising from the mine itself; experiments to assess the practical value of the dog as a detector of booby traps, trip wires, etc.; and experiments to compare the detectability of a variety of solids and liquids and so provide information for the subsequent development of a mechanical detector.

SZ/CSA/188/2-3 and SZ/CSA/188/5-15

Attached to [SZ/CSA/188/2-3 and SZ/CSA/188/5-15].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
  - SZ/CSA/188 - [CSA. Use of dogs to detect metals and explosives]
    - SZ/CSA/188/4 - Detection of mines by dogs : report on progress for period January - December, 1955, 1/56

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