SZ/OEMU/47/8/15 - Investigation of break-up of fragments during penetration into strawboard targets. Experiments with standard containers made in shell steel, December 1945

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/8/15

Level of description

Item

Title

Investigation of break-up of fragments during penetration into strawboard targets. Experiments with standard containers made in shell steel, December 1945

Date/s

1945

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Subject

Splinters -- Penetration tests
Strawboard -- Penetration tests

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Armaments Research Department.

Scope and content

A.R.D. Explosives Report 104/45

A.C. 8820

SD/FP. 386

Fragments collected in strawboard targets suffer some degree of secondary break-up on impact or during penetration. A technique has been devised to make on allowance for this factor and this paper confirms that the technique is satisfactory.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/8 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Techniques]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/8/15 - Investigation of break-up of fragments during penetration into strawboard targets. Experiments with standard containers made in shell steel, December 1945

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