SZ/OEMU/46/8 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board. Numbered reports]
Reference code
SZ/OEMU/46/8
Level of description
File
Title
[OEMU. Ordnance Board. Numbered reports]
Date/s
1921-1923
1938-1945
1938-1945
Quantity & Format
27 items Mixed
Scope and content
Contains a series of numbered reports prepared by the Ordnance Board. The reports, of a highly technical nature, deal with a number of subjects including splinters, blast pressure, and tests on shells and 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/46 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board]
- SZ/OEMU/46/8 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board. Numbered reports]
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SZ/OEMU/46 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/13 - Fragmentation efficiency in anti-personnel role, 12/4/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/1 - Interim report on the determination of the capacity of the H.E. burster of 6 inch shell required to give most satisfactory fragmentation, 19/4/21
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/2 - Determination of capacity of H.E. burster to give most satisfactory fragmentation, 5/1/23
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/3 - Investigation into minimum weight of fragment which will cause a lethal or incapacitating wound, December 1938
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/4 - Comparative fragmentation trials of 4.5 inch S.A.P. shell of different capacities, 20/6/39
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/5 - Comparative fragmentation of 6-inch C.P.B.C. shell (112 lb.) of different capacities, 20/11/39
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/6 - Fragmentation trials, 12/8/40
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/7 - Trial of 40 lb. G.P. bombs, 13/1/41
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/8 - On the analysis of plating trials, December 1941
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/9 - Derivation of a retardation law for shell fragments, 15/7/42
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/10 - Role of field artillery shell. Requirement for improved effect, 5/8/48
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/11 - Fragmentation of A.A. Shells: the relations between fragment size, velocity and penetration, 31/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/12 - High speed wind tunnel measurements of drag coefficients, 8/3/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/14 - Fragmentation efficiency in anti-personnel role, 12/4/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/15 - Trials with 25-pr., 3.7 inch and 4.5 inch H.E. shell against a Churchhill tank, 24/5/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/16 - Fundamental investigation into the mechanism of fragmentation. Improvement in lethal efficiency by the use of 30-ton steel, 28/5/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/17 - Comparative effect of T.N.T. and amatol fillings on soft and hard surfaces, 23/8/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/18-19 - Physiological effects of blast. Results of trials, 6/10/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/20 - Presentation area of shell fragments in flight, 26/11/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/21 - The Arditron equipment, 6/12/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/22 - Grenades. British and American types. Comparative trials - Report, 8/12/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/23 - Fragmentation efficiency in anti-personnel role of No. 36 (m) grenade, 17/12/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/24 - Static detonation trials with 20 lb. `F`, G.P. 40 lb. and G.P. 250 lb. bombs against 60-pr Mark I guns, 22/12/43
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/25 - The determination of critical velocity in A.P. trials, [undated]
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/26 - Measurement and effects of gun blast, 14/2/45
- SZ/OEMU/46/8/27 - Measurement and effects of gun blast. Distribution of blast pressures with and without muzzle brakes, 28/3/45