SZ/OEMU/28/1/7-8 - Bomb fragmentation and the degree of protection afforded by various materials, 3/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/28/1/7-8

Level of description

Item

Title

Bomb fragmentation and the degree of protection afforded by various materials, 3/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

9 leaves

Corporate name

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security.

Subject

General purpose bombs
Antipersonnel bombs
Incendiary bombs

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

ARP/182/NSB

Details of fragmentation trials made on two German bombs (a 250 kg G.P. bomb and a 1 kg explosive incendiary bomb), and on a 20 lb. British anti-personnel bomb. "Telephone directories were used to collect the fragments which were afterwards recovered and their mass, projected area and depth of penetration into the targets determined." Tables and graphs are included.

Report for the Ministry of Home Security.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/28 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters, 1939-1945]
    - SZ/OEMU/28/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: protection of personnel, tests of various materials, etc., 1939-1942]
      - SZ/OEMU/28/1/7-8 - Bomb fragmentation and the degree of protection afforded by various materials, 3/41

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