SZ/OEMU/21/3/46 - The Distribution of Casualties Amongst the Crews of Cromwells and Shermans, March 1945

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/21/3/46

Level of description

Item

Title

The Distribution of Casualties Amongst the Crews of Cromwells and Shermans, March 1945

Date/s

1945

Quantity & Format

9 leaves

Subject

Sherman tank
Cromwell (tank)
Explosions -- Physiological effect -- In armoured vehicles.

Creator

Harkness, R. D.

Creator

Wright, H. B.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

MRS1/45

B.P.C. 45/419

Paper analyses the type of injuries sustained by tank crews, positions of crew members in the tank when injured, the damage to the tank, and tabulates the entire crew histories of Cromwells and Shermans damaged by enemy action.

Paper written by Wright and Harkness.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/21 - [OEMU. Medical Research Council Military Personnel Research Committee, Sub-Committee on Weapons (Biological Assay)]
    - SZ/OEMU/21/3 - [OEMU. MRC Sub-Committee on Weapons. Reports and Memoranda]
      - SZ/OEMU/21/3/46 - The Distribution of Casualties Amongst the Crews of Cromwells and Shermans, March 1945

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