Uranium: Deja DU: The Agent Orange of Eterenity

[sawleaf]

Thanks for the reply. Yep. There is a replacement made of Tungston. 3 problems with it. It is hundreds of times more expensive than DU shells. It is about 90 something percent as effective. Where would the US government dump the Millions of Tons of it that are sitting in America?

Ed

Oh that's right. I do remember using AP rounds with tungsten penetrators! I know they are not even close to the effectiveness of DU though. Tungsten can still mushroom and fail to penetrate thicker armour, while DU self-sharpens itself. But I am sure there are alternatives that can be found. We don't need a weapon that harms our troops as well. I am all for keeping DU in our main battle tanks for armour though.