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I don't know much about modern munitions, but I do know that armor piercing rounds may have no charge in them at all. Generally, when a round pierces one side of a vehicle, it loses enough energy and is suitably deformed to prevent exit from the opposite wall. It does, however, bounce around quite a bit, which can be plenty of fun in a tank loaded with equipment, munitions, and soldiers.

I was under the impression that the most common techniquoe for creating armour-piercing munitions was to use shaped-charges. While depleted uranium has it's uses (being, as someone said, rather dense), mass alone will not get through everything. A shaped charge will get through more things more violently :)

And in the process, vaporize a signifcant amount of metal - effectively depositing a few microns (at minimum) of metal plating on everything inside the AFV (including passenger's lungs, skin, etc). My first choice would be not to be present for *either* event; far distant second choice would be taking my chances with riccochets. Dave Merriman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finger merriman@metronet.com for PGP/RIPEM public keys and fingerprints. Unencrypted Email may be ignored without notice to sender. PGP preferred. Remember: It is not enough to _obey_ Big Brother; you must also learn to *love* Big Brother.