SZ/OEMU/28/3/2-3 - A laboratory method of projecting at high velocity steel particles of minute size, 8/40

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/28/3/2-3

Level of description

Item

Title

A laboratory method of projecting at high velocity steel particles of minute size, 8/40

Date/s

1940

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Corporate name

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security.

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 129

ARP/73/AHDM

The objective of these experiments is to simulate the fragments one would expect to be released from a bomb case. Steel ball bearings were fired from a micro fragment gun with varying velocities. The results of penetration into telephone directories are given. A design drawing of the micro fragment gun is 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/28/3 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: velocities, shape, performance etc., 1940-1944]
      - SZ/OEMU/28/3/2-3 - A laboratory method of projecting at high velocity steel particles of minute size, 8/40

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