SZ/OEMU/19/3/7 - Report of the Sub-Committee on Body Armour upon tests of penetration of manganese steel plates by sub-machine gun bullets and bayonet attack [undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/3/7

Level of description

Item

Title

Report of the Sub-Committee on Body Armour upon tests of penetration of manganese steel plates by sub-machine gun bullets and bayonet attack [undated]

Date/s

[194?]

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Personal name

Carmichael, Edward Arnold, 1896-1978

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. 23a

Details the tests on 14" square plates of 1 mm. manganese steel.

Attached is a compliment slip from Dr Carmichael.

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/19/3/7 - Report of the Sub-Committee on Body Armour upon tests of penetration of manganese steel plates by sub-machine gun bullets and bayonet attack [undated]

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