SZ/OEMU/47/6/31 - Velocities of 1/2 oz. mild steel fragments after perforation of mild steel plate, June 1944

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/6/31

Level of description

Item

Title

Velocities of 1/2 oz. mild steel fragments after perforation of mild steel plate, June 1944

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

12 leaves

Subject

Splinters -- Speed
Steel -- Penetration tests

Creator

Spells, K. E.

Scope and content

A.R.D. Explosives Report 66/44

A.C. 6941

SD/FP 280

Describes tests carried out to determine the thickness of plate needed to reduce mild steel fragment velocity from 5000 feet/sec. to 2000 feet/sec. Includes five leaves of photographs of apparatus and perforated plates.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/6 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Miscellaneous papers]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/6/31 - Velocities of 1/2 oz. mild steel fragments after perforation of mild steel plate, June 1944

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