SYDNEY, N.S.W. 1944-11-06. A FRAGMENTATION TEST RESULT SHOWING DISCHARGE ON A PIECE OF CANEITE OF ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 082555
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SYDNEY, N.S.W. 1944-11-06. A FRAGMENTATION TEST RESULT SHOWING DISCHARGE ON A PIECE OF CANEITE OF 20 MM HIGH EXPLOSIVE FROM A TUBE ATTACHMENT TO A .303 INCH RIFLE. THE SUBMISSION, MADE BY SERGEANT J. WRIGHT, AND CORPORAL L. CAMPBELL WAS TESTED BY ARMY INVENTIONS DIRECTORATE AGAINST FOXHOLE LININGS.