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Proposed new basis for the design of gun barrels
Catalogue reference: DEFE 15/262
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This record is about the Proposed new basis for the design of gun barrels dating from 1948 in the series Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DEFE 15/262
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Proposed new basis for the design of gun barrels
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Technical Report No 4/48
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1340470/
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DEFE 15
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