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Aluminium burster plates for protection against high explosive squashed head shell...
Catalogue reference: WO 194/389
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This record is about the Aluminium burster plates for protection against high explosive squashed head shell... dating from 1961 May in the series Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 194/389
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Aluminium burster plates for protection against high explosive squashed head shell attack
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Memorandum TR 2/60
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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