SZ/OEMU/47/12/6 - A note on a possible increase of velocity of fragments of A.A. shell, September 1942

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/12/6

Level of description

Item

Title

A note on a possible increase of velocity of fragments of A.A. shell, September 1942

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Subject

Splinters -- Speed

Creator

Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development. Static Detonation Committee. Fragmentation Panel.

Scope and content

A.C. 2685

Gn. 171

SD/FP. 26

R.D. Explosives Report 268/42

Discusses the possibility of using a different filling or reducing the thickness of the shell wall to increase velocity. Both of these methods would increase velocity but the fragments produced would be smaller.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/12 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Anti-aircraft shells]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/12/6 - A note on a possible increase of velocity of fragments of A.A. shell, September 1942

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