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List of raw materials and their weights required to manufacture a 40mm gun.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 176\3\  img126
Date  20th August 1940 guessed
  
COPY.

WEIGHT OF RAW MATERIAL REQUIRED TO MAKE 1 - 40 mm. GUN.

(LESS MOUNTING)

Material Specification. Weight of Raw Material.

S/M - BSS. S77 72 lbs.
S/N - BSS. S69 52 "
S/ZN - BSS. S67 40 "
S/NCR - 4 - S - 11 160 "
S/ZNCR - BSS - S - 82 12 "
V.C.M. DTD 228 20 "
V.C.M. S.28. 1 "
VIBRAC V.30 STEEL 32 "
AMT 50 - 4% C. STEEL 4 "
S/GS - DTD 5A 5 "
S/GS S 65 1 "
VIBRAC - BARREL STEEL 450 "
CAST IRON 4 "
A {Mr Adams} /F - BSS - L - 40 68 "
A {Mr Adams} /C - DTD 133 B 200 "
BZ/PC - BSS - 2-B-8 14 "
BZ/G - BSS - 2-B-2 2 "
COPPER - BSS T - 7 6 "
RUBBER - OIL RESISTING 1 "
BRASS - BSS - 3-B-13 14 "
BZ/AF DTD 164 1 "

Total ... 1149 lbs.

ACTUAL WEIGHT OF BARREL = 450 lbs.
Forging (50 guns)

Previous 1 off. = 700 lbs.
Forgings.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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