SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/17 - [Letter, SZ to E. Pochin, undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/17

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to E. Pochin, undated]

Date/s

[1942]

Personal name

Libessart, Paul
Galliot, [---?],

Subject

Tank gunnery

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

Pochin, Edward Eric,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Pochin relates Libessart's conclusions on the rising dust in front of a tank gun muzzle. He suggests it is caused by the gases, caused by the firing, which strike the ground in front of the muzzle. A deflector plate is suggested which would deflect the volume of gases striking the ground. SZ is advised to contact Galliot of the Ballistics Research Dept, Woolwich who was working on a muzzle brake designed to reduce the recoil of the gun. This brake redirects gases forward or backwards and may also solve the dust cloud problem.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/8 - [Experimental work enquiries and correspondence, 1941-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/8/2 - [Experimental work enquiry replies: Ring-binder 1, 1941-1945]
        SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/17 - [Letter, SZ to E. Pochin, undated]

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