SZ/OEMU/19/3/46 - The Resistance of flak suits and an armoured life jacket to penetration by steel balls, 9/44

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/3/46

Level of description

Item

Title

The Resistance of flak suits and an armoured life jacket to penetration by steel balls, 9/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Corporate name

Medical Research Council

Subject

Splinters -- Penetration tests

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

M.R.C./8/GBT

A test and its findings are detailed. Included are tables, on the suit thickness, and characteristics of projectiles. The results of the tests are also tabulated. Graphs show the perforation susceptibility of single thickness steel plate, of double and quadruple thickness steel plate in modified Wilkinson jacket, of armoured life jacket, and of cork.

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/19/3/46 - The Resistance of flak suits and an armoured life jacket to penetration by steel balls, 9/44

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