SZ/OEMU/28/3/29-30 - The fragmentation of the German "S" mine, 9/43
SZ/OEMU/28/3/29-30
Item
The fragmentation of the German "S" mine, 9/43
1943
5 leaves
Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security.
Mines, Submarine
ARP/411/ACW
R.C. 399
Fragmentation trials on a German "S" mine were carried out. The mine consists of a bomb formed of 2 concentric steel cylinders, containing approximately 360 steel balls, each 1 cm. diameter, in the annular space, fired vertically upwards by the ignition of a 3 gm. gunpowder charge, and detonated when the bomb is several feet above ground level.
Report to the Ministry of Home Security.
Two copies.
Two copies
R.C. 399
Fragmentation trials on a German "S" mine were carried out. The mine consists of a bomb formed of 2 concentric steel cylinders, containing approximately 360 steel balls, each 1 cm. diameter, in the annular space, fired vertically upwards by the ignition of a 3 gm. gunpowder charge, and detonated when the bomb is several feet above ground level.
Report to the Ministry of Home Security.
Two copies.
Two copies
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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SZ/OEMU/28 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters, 1939-1945]
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SZ/OEMU/28/3 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: velocities, shape, performance etc., 1940-1944]
- SZ/OEMU/28/3/29-30 - The fragmentation of the German "S" mine, 9/43
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SZ/OEMU/28/3 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: velocities, shape, performance etc., 1940-1944]
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SZ/OEMU/28 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters, 1939-1945]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit