SZ/OEMU/47/9/9 - Preliminary experiments on a shell designed to give directional fragmentation with forward effect, November 1942

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/47/9/9

Level of description

Item

Title

Preliminary experiments on a shell designed to give directional fragmentation with forward effect, November 1942

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

A.C. 3009

SD/FP. 44

MOS/164/GBT

F.72/464

Three different model shells designed to give directional fragmentation were tested and splinter distribution, size, and velocity were measured.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/47 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel]
    - SZ/OEMU/47/9 - [OEMU. Fragmentation Panel. Controlled and directional fragmentation]
      - SZ/OEMU/47/9/9 - Preliminary experiments on a shell designed to give directional fragmentation with forward effect, November 1942

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