SZ/MOS(1) - Ministry of Supply, Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development, Land-Mine Detection Sub-Committee
Reference code
SZ/MOS(1)
Level of description
Series
Title
Ministry of Supply, Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development, Land-Mine Detection Sub-Committee
Date/s
1947-1956
Quantity & Format
2 boxes
Subject
Land mines
Ministry of Supply -- Land-mine Defence Coordinating Committee -- Land-mine Detection Sub-Committee
Ministry of Supply -- Land-mine Defence Coordinating Committee -- Land-mine Detection Sub-Committee
Scope and content
Minutes, papers and correspondence, 1947-1956.
The Physics of Armaments Committee was established in 1946 "To consider and advise on physical and related problems in the field of armaments [and] To report to the Armaments Research Advisory Board". The Committee was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Taylor and SZ was a founder member.
SZ’s involvement in the work of the Committee was a continuation of the work that he had directed at the OEMU. As well as participating in the deliberations of the Committee he, assisted by Peter Krohn at Birmingham University, carried out experimental work on its behalf, notably into the wound ballistics of small arms ammunition and into fragmentation of various weapons.
MS lists of the contents of Files SZ/MOS(1)/1 and SZ/MOS(1)/3 are available for consultation in the Archives Department.
The Physics of Armaments Committee was established in 1946 "To consider and advise on physical and related problems in the field of armaments [and] To report to the Armaments Research Advisory Board". The Committee was chaired by Sir Geoffrey Taylor and SZ was a founder member.
SZ’s involvement in the work of the Committee was a continuation of the work that he had directed at the OEMU. As well as participating in the deliberations of the Committee he, assisted by Peter Krohn at Birmingham University, carried out experimental work on its behalf, notably into the wound ballistics of small arms ammunition and into fragmentation of various weapons.
MS lists of the contents of Files SZ/MOS(1)/1 and SZ/MOS(1)/3 are available for consultation in the Archives Department.
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