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

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/3/14

Level of description

Item

Title

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

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Personal name

Aylwin, W. S.

Subject

Manganese steel

Creator

Medical Research Council. Military Personnel Research Committee. Sub-Committee on Body Armour and Steel Helmets.

Scope and content

B.P.C. 162

Draft copy. The tests compared the suit's resistance with the resistance of a manganese steel suit. The captured suit was made of laminated plates of steel.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - 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/19/3/14 - 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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