Nuclear Weapons Material
Perry E. Metzger
perry at imsi.com
Thu Aug 25 11:27:04 PDT 1994
Jim choate says:
> > None of the forms of modern shells described in this book involve the
> > use of depleted uranium in shell casings.
> >
> The ammo used by the A-10 chain gun uses a depleted uranium core that is
> designed to defeat Chobam and other types of reactive armor.
Thats a core, not a casing. Plenty of things use such cores -- phalanx
guns, for instance.
> I know of no ammo that uses anything other than brass or steel (in the
> case of mini-guns and other motor driven guns) for the case. The reason
> that the Uranium is used is because of its high density.
Excactly.
Perry
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