Lightweight Plane Armor Made of Rubber and Steel

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Development of an armor plate of rubber and steel for airplanes was announced recently after completion of tests indicating it was equal in bullet resistance to a standard armor plate weighing twenty per cent more. The new plate makes use of a secret rubber compound.

Title (Dublin Core): Lightweight Plane Armor Made of Rubber and Steel
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Airplanes and Zeppelins
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Lightweight Plane Armor Made of Rubber and Steel
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1940-10
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, v. 74, n. 4, 1940
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 487
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; checked

Media: Lightweight Plane Armor Made of Rubber and Steel