SZ/OEMU/47/6/57 - Torpedo, Bangalore, British 2-inch Mks. I and II, filled Ammonal. Fragmentation trials, December 1944

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/6/57

Level of description

Item

Title

Torpedo, Bangalore, British 2-inch Mks. I and II, filled Ammonal. Fragmentation trials, December 1944

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

14 leaves

Subject

Ammonal (explosive)
Barbed wire
Projectiles

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Armaments Research Department.

Scope and content

A.R.D. Explosives Report 145/44

A.C. 7585

SD/FP 325

Describes trials carried out to determine an Ammonal-filled Bangalore Torpedo's effectiveness against barbed wire and to determine its fragment characteristics.

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/47/6/57 - Torpedo, Bangalore, British 2-inch Mks. I and II, filled Ammonal. Fragmentation trials, December 1944

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