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Video Parts (3)

This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.

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TESTS OF GUN CARRIERS; ETC Part 1

Description

Part 1, a Christie tank-type carrier is driven over a test course at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. A 75-mm gun is fired from an experimental half-track carrier. Part 2, incendiary bombs are tested on the roof and porch of a wooden building. Part 3, a hole driller is tested at Ft. Belvoir. Va. Charges are exploded in the holes and tanks try to pass through the resulting craters.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Film Bulletins

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Date
1941-01-01
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TRT
3:37