SZ/OEMU/45/3 - [OEMU. Reports recieved. The Littlejohn principle]
Reference code
SZ/OEMU/45/3
Level of description
File
Title
[OEMU. Reports recieved. The Littlejohn principle]
Date/s
1942
Quantity & Format
9 items Mixed
Subject
Littlejohn principle (ballistics)
Scope and content
Contains correspondence and papers relating to firing trials using the Littlejohn principle, a means of increasing projectile velocity by using lighter projectiles.
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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/45 - [OEMU. Reports received]
- SZ/OEMU/45/3 - [OEMU. Reports recieved. The Littlejohn principle]
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SZ/OEMU/45 - [OEMU. Reports received]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/1 - [Letter, A.J. Macalpine-Downie to J.D. Bernal, 24/3/42]
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/2 - Report on firing trials with Littlejohn, 19/3/42
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/3 - Report on "Littlejohn" H.V. firing trial, 13/3/42
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/4 - BSA trial. Report of rounds fired, 13/3/42
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/5 - Report of rounds fired. To determine charges with experimental projectiles, March 1942
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/6 - Approximate range velocity curve for Littlejohn conversion of 2 PDR with shot weight 14 oz 10 drams, [undated]
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/7 - [Photographs of damage caused in firing trials, undated]
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/8 - [Untitled blueprint of a projectile, 1/3/42]
- SZ/OEMU/45/3/9 - [Photographs of projectiles in flight, 12/3/42]