SZ/OEMU/19/4/1 - [Report containing recommendations, and answers to questions on body armour, undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/4/1

Level of description

Item

Title

[Report containing recommendations, and answers to questions on body armour, undated]

Date/s

[194?]

Quantity & Format

33 leaves

Subject

Chest -- Wounds and injuries

Creator

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

Scope and content

B.P.C. 12

Contains replies to questionnaire B.P.3 [SZ/OEMU/19/3/3]. The questions posed are included in this report. A study on 64 cases of thoracic wounds is assessed. In part 2 experiments on the penetration of goats' chests are described. A discussion and conclusions follow. Diagrams of breast plates are included. Tables of casualties surveyed show various means of injury, from rifle and machine gun, shell and trench mortar, and air bombs. A table shows regional incidence of wounds from 48,290 cases admitted to Casualty Clearing Stations (CCS). An appendix gives measurements of chest areas. X-rays of the penetrated goat's chest are included, photographs of bullet holes in manganese steel plates, photographs of body armour, and photographs of soldiers wearing body armour.

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/19/4 - [MRC. MPRC. Sub-Committee on Body Armour and Steel Helmets: B.P.C. 12]
      - SZ/OEMU/19/4/1 - [Report containing recommendations, and answers to questions on body armour, undated]

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