SZ/OEMU/19/3/40 - [Observations on the American helmet, the British steel helmet (No1), and the British Mark III steel helmet, undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/3/40

Level of description

Item

Title

[Observations on the American helmet, the British steel helmet (No1), and the British Mark III steel helmet, undated]

Date/s

[194?]

Quantity & Format

5 leaves

Creator

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

Scope and content

B.P.C. 42/131 (a) (amended)

The following criteria are compared: dimensions; protective capacity; comfort; shooting ability of the wearer; carriage; camouflage; penetration tests; and manufacture.

SZ/OEMU/19/3/38-39

Attached to [SZ/OEMU/19/3/38-39]. An unamended version can be found at [SZ/OEMU/19/3/37] B.P.C. 42/131 (a).

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/19/3/40 - [Observations on the American helmet, the British steel helmet (No1), and the British Mark III steel helmet, undated]

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