SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/55 - Stopping power of Japanese, Italian, and British rifles, C. Spicer, 7/7/43

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/55

Level of description

Item

Title

Stopping power of Japanese, Italian, and British rifles, C. Spicer, 7/7/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Battle casualties
Rifles

Creator

Spicer, C. C.

Scope and content

Refers to calculations on the stopping power of weapons. There appeared to be little difference between the three types of rifles up to a range of 100yds. All weapons tested had a 97% chance of incapacitating a man who had been hit.

This note appears in a letter to Wilson [also SZ/OEMU/2/8/2/55].

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/2/8/2/55 - Stopping power of Japanese, Italian, and British rifles, C. Spicer, 7/7/43

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