SZ/OEMU/28/2/5-6 - A comparison of American and British fragmentation tests on different targets, 31/12/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/28/2/5-6

Level of description

Item

Title

A comparison of American and British fragmentation tests on different targets, 31/12/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Bombs

Creator

Civil Defence Research Committee

Scope and content

R.C. 293

Tests were performed as a means of determining proof thicknesses in various structural materials, as a fragmentation test of American 300 and 600 lb. bombs, and as a blast test of these bombs. The following targets were used: steel; brick; sandbags; corrugated iron; cinder block; plywood; asbestos cement; and wood. A table of the results is included. The second copy has an amendment advice slip attached.

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/28/2/5-6 - A comparison of American and British fragmentation tests on different targets, 31/12/41

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