| Item title: | Substitute anti-tank mine; dummy discharges; new soybean mobile oil |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/31) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/31 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-341 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 13 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/4/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | TECHNICAL MANUALS, ANTI TANK, EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, PETROL AND OIL SUPPLY, ENERGY SUPPLY |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at an unknown location (presumably Melanesia) on 28 September 1944. This item is a collection of extracts from a pamphlet entitled "Bulletin of the 63rd, volume no. 4", dated 1 August 1943. It contains plans for a substitute anti-tank mine, sketches and charts of dummy discharges used to deceive enemy forces by simulating the sound of field guns, and the results of tests made with soybean mobile oil for use in automobiles. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:58 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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