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- Title
THE LA GUARDIA-PYKE BOMB CARRIERS.
- Authors
Pyke, Lumes A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on La Guardia-Pyke Bomb Carriers. The purpose of these carriers is to take a bomb from a congested area to a remote or suburban district and to do so in a manner which will protect the public and the police. With the construction adopted should the bomb explode enroute the explosive forces are reduced to a minimum by means of a triple air-cushioning effect produced by the baffle screens of woven steel cable. This construction allows for the expansion of the gases in event of explosion but at the same time retains the fragmentation of the bomb. On April 12, 1941, this carrier was taken to the testing ground and subjected to a series of severe tests. The first test consisted of exploding three sticks of 40% dynamite which were tied together and suspended in the center of the cradle. This resulted in no damage to either the cradle or the other covering of the bomb carrier. The second test doubled the charge of dynamite and caused slight damage to one of the I bolts holding the cradle shut.
- Subjects
BOMBS; AMMUNITION; WEAPONS; CARRIERS; DYNAMITE; EXPLOSIVES
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (08852731), 1943, Vol 34, Issue 3, p198
- ISSN
0885-2731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1137302