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Expand 1 - Executive1 - Executive
Expand 2 - Administrative2 - Administrative
Expand 3 - Financial3 - Financial
Expand 4 - Operational: Shipbuilding4 - Operational: Shipbuilding
Expand 5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering
Collapse 6 - Operational: Armaments6 - Operational: Armaments
Expand 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings
Expand 2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings
3 - Vickers-Armstrongs / Metropolitan-Vickers Joint Technical Committee papers
4 - Chieftain Main Production meetings / Abbot Production meetings
Expand 5 - Registers of enquiries5 - Registers of enquiries
6 - Gun mountings orders and enquiries
7 - Record of orders
Expand 8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books
9 - Estimating Department record relating to tanks
Expand 10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office
Expand 11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks
12 - 'Particulars of Guns, Howitzers, and Mountings, Manufactured for the Ministry of Munitions by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne During the War 1914-1918'
Expand 13 - General particulars of guns13 - General particulars of guns
14 - Data relating to gun mountings
15 - Particulars of air bottles manufactured
Expand 16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions
Expand 17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns
Expand 18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes
Expand 19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns
Expand 20 - British Government handbooks20 - British Government handbooks
Expand 21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft
Expand 22 - Lists of parts for Tanks22 - Lists of parts for Tanks
Expand 23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors
Expand 24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance
Expand 25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment
Expand 26 - Various design sketches26 - Various design sketches
Expand 27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes
Expand 28 - Ordnance record books28 - Ordnance record books
Expand 29 - Specifications29 - Specifications
Expand 30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs
Expand 31 - Design proposals31 - Design proposals
32 - Reports of gun carriages
Expand 33 - Range reports33 - Range reports
Expand 34 - Various papers relating to trials34 - Various papers relating to trials
Expand 35 - Records of ballistics35 - Records of ballistics
Expand 36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings
Expand 37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes
Expand 38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels
Expand 39 - Tank files39 - Tank files
Expand 40 - Design histories40 - Design histories
Expand 41 - Drawing Office manuals41 - Drawing Office manuals
Expand 42 - Records of standard working and section numbers42 - Records of standard working and section numbers
Expand 43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings
44 - Notebooks of W.E. Brooks
Expand 45 - Registers of plans45 - Registers of plans
Expand 46 - Armaments plan books46 - Armaments plan books
Collapse PL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: PlansPL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: Plans
Collapse 1 - Plans of gun mountings1 - Plans of gun mountings
1 - 40mm Bofors RP50 Mounting Mark VI
2 - 40mm Twin RP50 Mark V Mounting
3 - 40mm Twin Mounting Mark 5 (H)
4 - 3 inch Twin AA Mounting Mark 6
5 - 4 inch HA / UD Twin Mounting Mark XIX
6 - 4 inch HA Mark XX Mounting
7 - Ship officers' drawings for 4 inch Twin Mark XIX Mountings
8 - 4 inch RP50 Mounting Mark 25
9 - 4 inch Mark N(R) Mounting
10 - 4.5 inch HA / UD Twin Mounting Mark III
11 - 4.5 inch Twin RP 10 Mounting
12 - 4.5 inch Twin RP41 Mark 6 & 6* Mounting
13 - 4.5 inch RP50 Mark V Mounting
14 - 4.5 inch Twin RP41 Mark 6 Mounting handbook plates
15 - 4.7 inch CP Twin Mounting Mark XIX
16 - QFSA 4.7 inch 50 Calibres Twin Mounting Mark XX
17 - 5 inch BL Howitzer on trench mounting
18 - 5.25 inch HA / LA Twin Mounting Marks I and II
19 - 5.25 inch AA Mounting Marks IA & 1B
20 - 5.25 inch AA Marks 3 & 3A and CA / AA Marks 4 & 4A Mountings
21 - Pedestal Mounting for 6 inch 50 Calibre BL Gun
22 - 6 inch Twin Mounting Mark XXI
23 - 6 inch Triple Mounting Mark XXII
24 - 6 inch Triple Mounting Mark XXIII
25 - 6 inch Triple Mounting Mark XXIV
26 - 8 inch Coast Defence Mounting
27 - 9.2 inch Mark VIII Mounting
28 - Arrangement of 12 inch gun and mounting on bogie wagon
29 - BL 12 inch Howitzer Mark II
30 - Hydraulic Gun Machinery for 13.5 inch 45 Calibre BL Guns
31 - Hydraulic Intallation for a pair of 14 inch 45 Calibre BL Guns for HMS Canada
32 - 14 inch Marks II and III Cradles in BCD Mounting
33 - 15 inch Twin Mark I/N Mounting
34 - 15 inch Coast Defence Mounting
35 - 'U' Twin Mounting Type 'A'
36 - 'U' Twin Mounting Type 'C'
37 - STAAG Mounting
38 - Twin 'R' Mounting
39 - Mortar Mounting AS Type 'B'
40 - BUSTER Mounting
41 - 'UP' Mountings
42 - Plans of 'Seaslug' launcher
43 - Plans of instructional turret for Whale Island, Hampshire
44 - Plans of proposed 14 inch instructional turret for Chilean Government
45 - Plans of mounting for 4 inch 40 calibre QF gun for use on 'L' Class submarine
Expand 2 - Plans of proof mountings2 - Plans of proof mountings
Expand 3 - Plans of training gear for warships3 - Plans of training gear for warships
Expand 4 - Plans of ordnance, shells and cartridges4 - Plans of ordnance, shells and cartridges
Expand 5 - Breech mechanism plans5 - Breech mechanism plans
Expand 6 - Torpedo tube plans6 - Torpedo tube plans
Expand 7 - Torpedo plans7 - Torpedo plans
Expand 8 - Various plans relating to torpedo tubes8 - Various plans relating to torpedo tubes
Expand 9 - Fuze plans9 - Fuze plans
10 - Bomb plans
Expand 11 - Various plans11 - Various plans
Expand 12 - Plans of various warships12 - Plans of various warships
13 - Tank plans, CL series
14 - Tank plans, T series
15 - Tank plans, G series
16 - Tank plans, GS series
17 - Tank plans, various
Expand 7 - Variable Speed Gear Department7 - Variable Speed Gear Department
Expand 8 - Research and Development8 - Research and Development
Expand 9 - Public Relations and Marketing9 - Public Relations and Marketing
Expand 10 - Trade Unions10 - Trade Unions
Expand 11 - Various societies and organisations11 - Various societies and organisations

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