SZ/OEMU/45/12/1/28-31 - The efficiency of light manganese steel and duralumin plate as body armour, 24/7/45

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/45/12/1/28-31

Level of description

Item

Title

The efficiency of light manganese steel and duralumin plate as body armour, 24/7/45

Date/s

1945

Quantity & Format

23 leaves

Subject

Protective clothing
Duralumin (alloy)
Manganese steel

Creator

Maskell, F. G. B.

Creator

Kaye, G. D.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Creator

Burns, B. Delisle

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Creator

Krohn, Peter Leslie,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

OEMU Report No. 110

R.C. 444

AORG Report No. 271

Gives reasons for the trials, describes the test arrangements and the materials tested, analyses the results in terms of the numbers of dead and injured saved, compares the results with theoretical expectations, and concludes that duralumin is only slightly superior to manganese steel.

Paper written by Maskell, Kaye, Burns, and Krohn.

Four copies.

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/45/12/1/28-31 - The efficiency of light manganese steel and duralumin plate as body armour, 24/7/45

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