SZ/OEMU/51/3/14-16 - The effects of blast on personnel, with special reference to mortar shells, 29/8/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/51/3/14-16

Level of description

Item

Title

The effects of blast on personnel, with special reference to mortar shells, 29/8/42

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Tanks (Military science)
Splinters
Explosions -- Psychological effect

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Scope and content

Highlights the fact that splinters from bombs cause injury and death, and that blast itself can cause death but does not result in external injuries. "Up to date there is no evidence whatever that morale is affected by blast in any peculiar and undetermined way."

Three copies. Rough draft at [SZ/OEMU/51/3/13].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/51 - [Army air cooperation. War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army, 1940-1943]
    - SZ/OEMU/51/3 - [War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army: Documents, 1940-1942]
      - SZ/OEMU/51/3/14-16 - The effects of blast on personnel, with special reference to mortar shells, 29/8/42

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