Nuclear Weapons Material
Lawrence Weinman
ltw at netcom.com
Thu Aug 25 23:39:32 PDT 1994
> > > Mike Duvos writes:
> > > > The idea is that the
> > > > uranium penetrates the armor and the charge then explodes once
> > > > the round is inside.
>
> > > I don't know much about modern munitions, but I do know that armor
> > > piercing rounds may have no charge in them at all.
> > None of the forms of modern shells described in this book involve the
> > use of depleted uranium in shell casings.
>
The U after is goes through the armor is pyrophoric, and there is quite a
fireball as a result - lots of hot burning particles flying around. quite
spectacular from the downstream side (I've seen it - the back side of a
target plate)
L
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