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12. A specimen or separate specimens shall be subjected to each of the following tests unless it can be demonstrated that one test is more severe for the specimen in question than the other, in which case one specimen shall be subjected to the more severe test:
(a)Free drop test: The specimen shall drop on to the target so as to suffer the maximum damage in respect of containment. The height of the drop measured from the lowest part of the specimen to the upper surface of the target shall be 9 metres. The target shall be as defined in paragraph 5 above.
(b)Penetration test: The specimen shall be subjected to the test specified in paragraph 11 above except that the height of drop shall be increased to 1.7 metres from the 1 metre specified in paragraph 11(b).
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