SZ/OEMU/28/2/12-13 - The effectiveness of sand-bag walls in resisting penetration by the fragments from a German anti-personnel bomb, type S.D. 2, 10/43

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/28/2/12-13

Level of description

Item

Title

The effectiveness of sand-bag walls in resisting penetration by the fragments from a German anti-personnel bomb, type S.D. 2, 10/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Sandbags -- Penetration resistance
Antipersonnel bombs

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

ARP/413/ACW.GBT

R.C. 403

Bombs were detonated behind sandbag walls of various types, each consisting of 4 sandbags. Telephone directories were placed six feet behind the wall and their penetration by fragments examined. An estimate was made of the velocities of the metallic fragments striking the directories, and from these results, an estimate of their probability of causing incapacitation. Tables and graphs displaying such results are included.

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/28/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: penetration into concrete, steel, etc., 1940-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/28/2/12-13 - The effectiveness of sand-bag walls in resisting penetration by the fragments from a German anti-personnel bomb, type S.D. 2, 10/43

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