SZ/OEMU/47/23/15 - Bombs, mortar 4.2 inch H.E. filled Amatol 80/20 containing 0.1 per cent Stearoxyacetic acid. Trials for measurement of fragment velocities, November 1944

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/23/15

Level of description

Item

Title

Bombs, mortar 4.2 inch H.E. filled Amatol 80/20 containing 0.1 per cent Stearoxyacetic acid. Trials for measurement of fragment velocities, November 1944

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Splinters -- Speed
Amatol (explosive)
Stearoxyacetic acid

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Armaments Research Department.

Scope and content

A.C. 7545

HE.11.283

SD/FP. 327

A.R.D. Explosives Report 128/44

Describes trials carried out to test the effect of the amatol and acid mixture on fragmentation.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/23 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Mortar bombs, mines, grenades]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/23/15 - Bombs, mortar 4.2 inch H.E. filled Amatol 80/20 containing 0.1 per cent Stearoxyacetic acid. Trials for measurement of fragment velocities, November 1944

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