ARMOUR PLATE.
BRITISH EVOLVE NEW TYPE. RESISTANCE TO PROJECTILES DOUBLED. (UNITED rRF.SS A«SOCIAT!OX-J!Y ELECTBIC liii.Eua4PH—COPi'Ellilil.j (Received November 27th, 1.10 a.nO j LONDON. November iti. | The •• Daily Telegraph's'' military J correspondent says of the eternal duel between armour and projectile: Recent British research resulted in a new type of armour [date. This is so much harder in proportion to its weight that it will double the resistance to projectiles, and thus give armour protection a lead which the projectile will find hard to overtake. This new armour plate will have a big influence on warship design and the mechanisation of armies. Hitherto fourteen millimetres armour was required to keep out the ordinary armour piercing bullet, but the new speciallyhardened armour plate will permit of fast, light-armoured tanks which will be able to dodge and outflank opposing anti-tank guns and also greatly save in Coßt.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19787, 27 November 1929, Page 5
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