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RE: [OM] OT depleted Uranium shells/anyone selling a 40f2?

Subject: RE: [OM] OT depleted Uranium shells/anyone selling a 40f2?
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:31:19 -0700
Tank armor is also now being made from depleted uranium. This is being
manufactured on the desert in Idaho of all places. /jnm

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> Just had to add my two cents on the 30mm shells used in the
> Phalanx system
> and the likes of Warthog gattling guns.
>
> Its my understanding that the shells use the materials so they can be so
> dense- its the density that is key.  Accounts from the Gulf war
> confirm that
> in fact they do not melt at all, but  because of their molecular strength
> and density, via kinetic energy, they are able to punch through
> armor much
> better than other muntions.
>
> Common experience in combat was that the shells had enough energy
> to punch
> through the armor once- by design, but not the shape or energy to punch
> through again.  BAD NEWS for the tank crews.  The remainder of
> the energy in
> the form of velocity would be taken out as the round ricochets
> around inside
> the armored vehicle- especially tanks.
>
> This explains why Gulf War soldiers that came on to knocked out
> Iraqi tanks
> in the field frequently found rather horrid scenes of carnage
> inside- brains
> and guts and bone and tissue literally spayed everywhere- with
> metal parts
> and anything else inside that got in the way.
>
> Not a pretty picture- but one the horrible truths of being caught
> in a tank
> in modern warfare.
>
> There are other types of anti tank shells that actually force
> molten copper
> through a small hole on impact and spray the inside of the tank- not very
> pleasant either- that is all metalurgy and materials engineering.  The UD
> shells use denseness and energy to rip the guts of the tank, and
> its crew,
> to bits.  UGH.
>
> Anyone selling a 40f2?
>
> Dave
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