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Originally posted by Bob Moseley
Hi all
My understanding is that here in Australia a standard armour test was to fire a .303 into it and if it failed to penetrate it was deemed OK. I have seen many Carriers with these dimples. It would be interesting to know if this was fact or another urban legend.
Bob

Many urban myths have a little bit of real grit around which they accreted. Proofing armoured vehicles by firing a 303 at them was certainly used during WW1 in the UK. There is a good photograph in 'War Cars' by David Fletcher (HMSO) of a pair of Peerless AA armoured lorries being subjected to just such a test on a firing range. If and when this approach was replaced by more scientific methods it would be interesting to find out. I could imagine it being appled to some of the improvised AFCs of WW2 but would have thought something more calibratable would have been applied to factory built vehicles.