Book 1 - SAWS - Item 1 - Pig Report, 1928

File — Box: 33, Item: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is divided into 20 series:

Personal (1938-1997) 201 (Personnel) Files (1942-1970) SAWS (1960s-1982) Journals (1971-1989) World War II Service (1943-1945) Fort Benning I (1945-1946) Berlin (1946-1949) Fort Benning II (1950-1952) Korea (1952-1953) Fort Campbell (1954-1955) Fort Leavenworth (1956-1959) Turkey/NATO (1959-1961) RDTF (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation) (Weapons Systems) (1961-1962) Secretary of Defense Division of System Analysis (1962-1963) Fort Ord (1964-1967) Bureau of the Budget (1967-1969) RAND (1969-1972) Blue Ribbon Panel Intrec (1972-) Miscellaneous Materials Audio-visual materials (1940s-1980s) 1930s-1980s 153 boxes (57 l.f.)

Dates

Other: 1928

Extent

From the Collection: 57.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

This is labeled "Report of Board to Recommend a Specific Caliber for the Future Development of the Semi-Automatic Shoulder Rifle". Colonel Hallock notes "The name Pig Board came from wound ballistics tests on pigs done in connection with the Board. Calibers tested were Cal.30, .270 and .256. The .256 was the most lethal and was tested to 1000 yds. Report correctly identified this as result of greater delivered energy due to tumbling of the bullet in the target. An excellent report."