Resistance of Various Plastic Laminates, Made by Victory Plastics Company, to Perforation by Fragment-Simulating Projectiles

Abstract

In response to a request from the Office, Chief of Ordnance, a program was conducted at watertown arsenal to develop improved components of body armor assemblies. Tests were conducted on samples of plastic laminates made by the Victory Plastic Company. In as much as such materials have been considered as components of body armor assemblies it is considered desirable to report the results of these tests as part of the general development program. None of the materials submitted exhibited resistance to perforation by fragment- simulating projectiles equivalent to that afforded by samples of Doron3 tested earlier. The smallness of most samples did not allow quantitative comparison of the various samples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 1945
Accession Number
ADA954924

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  • J. F. Sullivan

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Assembly
  • Body Armor
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Fragmentation
  • Laminated Plastics
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Munitions
  • Perforation
  • Plastics
  • Projectiles
  • Resistance

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