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Pliable "plastic" armour developed during 2nd World War: proposed use in Malaya in...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 54/1879
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- AVIA 54/1879
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1952
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Pliable "plastic" armour developed during 2nd World War: proposed use in Malaya in 1952
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 7/Invents/10823
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