SZ/OEMU/29/2/2-3 - Penetration tests on model 5-ft shelter roof with model general-purpose and semi-armour-piercing bombs, March 1942

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/2/2-3

Level of description

Item

Title

Penetration tests on model 5-ft shelter roof with model general-purpose and semi-armour-piercing bombs, March 1942

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

R.C. 326

ARP/323/ACW

The shelter roof resisted the penetration of a 250 kg general purpose bomb and a 500 kg semi-armour-piercing bomb, but it succumbed to the 500 kg general-purpose bomb. Describes the design of the shelter roof used.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File Two]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/2/2-3 - Penetration tests on model 5-ft shelter roof with model general-purpose and semi-armour-piercing bombs, March 1942

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