SZ/OEMU/19/6/8-21 - A re-assessment of the protective value of body armour [undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/19/6/8-21

Level of description

Item

Title

A re-assessment of the protective value of body armour [undated]

Date/s

[194?]

Quantity & Format

8 leaves

Subject

B.P.C. 12 (report)

Creator

Burns, B. Delisle

Creator

Gruneberg, Hans,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Assesses the MRC's B.P.C. report no 12, dated 27/1/41. In that report, a type of body armour made of 1mm. manganese steel and weighing 2lb. 12oz. was recommended. In the light of new data available, and due to the inadequacies of the preliminary assessment, this re-assessment is produced.

Written by B.D. Burns and Hans Gruneberg.

Fourteen copies.

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/19/6 - [Reports on Body Armour]
      - SZ/OEMU/19/6/8-21 - A re-assessment of the protective value of body armour [undated]

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