MI10
MI10, or Military Intelligence, section 10, was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was established in the middle of 1940[1] and was responsible for weapons and technical analysis during World War II and early in the Cold War.
Despite one source claiming that the group was merged into MI16 (scientific intelligence) when the latter was created near the end of the war,[2] it was in fact working all the way through 1961 at least, e. g. publishing military equipment recognition handbooks[3][4][5]
During the war department's three subdivisions had following responsibilities:
- MI10(a) was studying enemy AFVs;
- MI10(b)—engineering equipment;
- MI10(c)—transportation, oil and military science.[6]
The distribution changed after 1945:
- MI10(a)—weapons technology;
- MI10(b)—radar technology;
- MI10(c)—guided weapons and chemical warfare.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hampshire, E.; Macklin, G.; Twigge, S. (25 July 2008). British Intelligence: Secrets, Spies and Sources. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-905615-00-1.
- ^ Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's Publishing, 2003 ISBN 1-84275-004-6 p. 461
- ^ "Find an object | Imperial War Museums". www.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "FO 371/140168 UK military operations in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1195 (papers 28 to 47) p.112". www.agda.ae. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ The Tank. 1960.
- ^ Hampshire, E.; Macklin, G.; Twigge, S. (25 July 2008). British Intelligence: Secrets, Spies and Sources. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-905615-00-1.
- ^ Aldrich, Richard James (1998). Espionage, Security, and Intelligence in Britain, 1945-1970. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-4956-9.
External links
[edit]- What happened to MI1 - MI4? MI5 FAQ
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