SZ/OEMU/27/2/39 - Blast pressures from a 17-PR. Anti-tank gun fitted with a modified galliot muzzle brake, November 1943

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/27/2/39

Level of description

Item

Title

Blast pressures from a 17-PR. Anti-tank gun fitted with a modified galliot muzzle brake, November 1943

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

5 leaves

Subject

Antitank weapons

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

MOS/281/VJJ

Measurements taken "indicate that the muzzle brake deflects the explosion gases backwards at a comparatively small angle to the gun barrel."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/27 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/27/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Blast papers. File Two]
      - SZ/OEMU/27/2/39 - Blast pressures from a 17-PR. Anti-tank gun fitted with a modified galliot muzzle brake, November 1943

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