Casualties due to German Bombs, and Anti-Aircraft Gunnery. Booklets included: (Predicting Combat Effects - August 1991); (The Influence of the Numerical Strength of Engaged Forces on their Casualties - October 1915); (Forced Changes in Combat Posture - July 1989); (Evaluation of 0.50 Inch (12.7mm) Armour Piercing, Incendiary, Tracer, Ball and High Performance Ammunition - October 1985); (Modelling DNBI for Threat: A Pilot Study of the Possible Contribution of UK Records of Naval DNBI - August 1990); (Readiness Technologies Advanced Development Threat Related Attrition (Threat) Temporary Facility Model Concept Exploration Scientific and Technical Report - December 1992); (A Survey of Suppression Volume I Corrigendum - February 1989); (A Survey of Suppression Volume IV - September 1988); (History of the Shaped Charge Effect, The First 100 Years - September 1983); (Casulties due to German Bombs in World War II: Persons in Anderson Shelters Vol 1: Description and Derivation of Data - February 1988); (Statistical Methods and Formulae - November 1964); (Department of Chemistry & Metallury Explosive Terms and Definitions - June 1978); (Ground Forces Casualty Rate Patterns The Empirical Evidence - September 1989); (Anti-Aircraft Gunnery - January 1948); (The Dynamic of Rotating Projectiles - August 1945); (Notes on Anti-Aircraft Gunnery - 1941); (Text Book of Ballistics and Gunnery Part II Section III Theoretical Principles of Gun Construction - March 1941); (Small arms and light weapons: An annotated Bibliography, Update 1996-1998 - September 1998).
A report describes the work carried out by the Operational Research Section, Bomber Command, from its inception in 1941 to the end of World War II. Including the history of the advent of radar techniques (H2S, OBOE, GEE-H) and communication methods. Includes duplicates of pages.
This series contains Ronnie Shephard's teaching materials from his time as an instructor at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham, UK.
Shephard, Ronnie W.AORG Memorandum No. C.6. Analysis of whether weight of numbers decided the outcome of tank battles after 1942 and the adoption of the Sherman. Includes detailed quantitative analysis of tank actions in Normandy, with reference to the invasion of France in 1940 and the war on the Eastern Front.
Item is a report prepared by the USA Ballistic Research Laboratory.
AORG Memorandum No. G.6. Detailed analysis of battle with map. Chronological and thematic tables on depth, frequency, and types of targets, plus casualties.
“Section 24 Artillery” p48-56 details of Royal Artillery support to 15 Scottish Division, including guns, rockets, pepperpots, counter battery, counter mortar, barrage, and smoke screens. “Employment of Contact Cars/Tanks” p63-64 on use of air-ground communication to request tactical air reconnaissance. “Appendix ‘C’ Town Clearing” p87-89 planning, principles, day/night, supporting fire, bombing and enemy methods re taking Gennep and Goch, “Appendix ‘D’ [Royal Artillery] Order of Battle” for 15 Scottish Division, 43 Infantry Division, 51 Highland Division, 53 Welsh Infantry Division, 2 Canadian Infantry Division, 3 Canadian Infantry Division, and Corps Commander Royal Artillery, plus total guns, “Appendix ‘E’ [Royal Artillery] Dumping Programme” p92 table, “Appendix ‘F’ Activities of 1 Canadian Rocket Battery During Operations Veritable and Blockbuster” p93-95 notes on nature of targets, volume of fire, ammunition, results and recommendations.
H.S. Freeth, Operational Research Staff Officer. Entries cover 18 September to 27 December 1944 on the Italian Front. Detailed itinerary of unit visits and observations of combat operations. Includes operational plan, artillery targets and barrage trace for "Gardenia" in support of attack 23 November 1944.
Report on fire support for D-Day landings compiled from information of the 21st Army Group Special Observer Party, Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, plus 8th and 9th US Air Force Operational Research Sections. "Section II Batteries" , "Section III Drenching and Aimed Fire - Beach Defenses" , "Section IV Intelligence and P.O.W. Interrogation" , with appendices on Batteries and Beach Defenses.
Report on field artillery in Sicily, with interviews with infantry and artillery officers.
Excerpts from larger report. Notes on 5 [British] Division operations in Italy near the River Tiber in June 1944. Includes infantry, artillery, and air-ground operations.
"Appendix A" to unknown document. Concerns difficulties of DD tanks, including friendly fire and beach conditions.
Overview of air effort, naval fire before and during assault, beach obstacles and lessons learned for Utah and Omaha beaches.
Short description of landings at Juno beach.
Report on bomb and bomber types, notes on carpet bombing, density, planning, timing, effect on morale, and safety measures.
Report No. 26. Overview of fire support, with analysis of density of bombardment and its effect. With appendices on Allied casualties based on enemy strength and weight of barrage used in their sector of the attack.
Student paper. Mathematical comparison of different models of suppression through artillery bombardment. Authored by Bentley, P.R.; Chew Ern Sin
Extensive report focusing on fire support in the British sector of Normandy on D-Day. Examines the role of air and seaborne fire support in all stages of the landings. with details on the effects of fire on beach and coastal defences and guns, with notes on naval counter-battery fire and casualties suffered by different units in relation to the fire preparation in their sectors. Also includes details on specific positions and the specifics of fire laid down by certain vessels.
Provides a descriptive account of four distinct aspects of combat casualties among Navy enlisted personnel in Vietnam between 1965 and 1972, types injured in battle, types of injuries, wounding agents and the flow of patients into and from medical facilities in Vietnam.