SZ/OEMU/22/2/27-33 - A Comparison of the Casualty Rates of the 2-in. Mortar and the 36-Grenade, 14/5/43

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/22/2/27-33

Level of description

Item

Title

A Comparison of the Casualty Rates of the 2-in. Mortar and the 36-Grenade, 14/5/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Splinters -- Wounds and injuries
Grenades
Mortars (Ordnance)

Creator

Spicer, C. C.

Creator

Powell, Ralph L.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

OEMU Report No. 60

R.E.N. 227

Paper looks at the circumstances surrounding the accidental deaths, during training, of mortar and grenade victims. It looks at the victims' posture, their position in relation to the explosion, splinter sizes, and the regional distribution of wounds. Each copy has a corrigenda leaf attached amending errors in the text.

Seven copies. [SZ/OEMU/22/2/32-33] draft versions. Paper written by Spicer, Powell, and SZ.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/22 - [OEMU. Bombard research]
    - SZ/OEMU/22/2 - [OEMU. Bombard Research. Armoured Fighting Vehicle papers]
      - SZ/OEMU/22/2/27-33 - A Comparison of the Casualty Rates of the 2-in. Mortar and the 36-Grenade, 14/5/43

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