SZ/OEMU/45/12/1/10 - White phosphorus as an anti-personnel weapon, 6/1/44

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/45/12/1/10

Level of description

Item

Title

White phosphorus as an anti-personnel weapon, 6/1/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Subject

Phosphorus

Creator

Great Britain. Army. Army Operational Research Group.

Scope and content

AORG Report No. 161

Report aims to be descriptive rather than technical. Describes the phosphorus weapons currently in use and the injuries they cause, before going into trials to determine the distribution of phosphorus splashes and investigating wounding power. Includes photographs of phosphorus projectiles bursting.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/45 - [OEMU. Reports received]
    - SZ/OEMU/45/12 - [OEMU. Reports received. AORG]
      - SZ/OEMU/45/12/1 - [OEMU. Reports received. AORG. Reports]
        SZ/OEMU/45/12/1/10 - White phosphorus as an anti-personnel weapon, 6/1/44

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