AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: depleted uranium cherry & battle

[Franz Schönhofer]

John, rest assured, that Austrians have since WWI done hardly any military
development of what so ever. After WW II Germany with its then annex Austria
has been educated to be a peaceful country. Austria has successfully claimed
of having been illegally occupied by German troops and drawn into WWII..... 

Having been in charge of environmental surveillance of Austria for quite a
few years, I can also tell you for sure, that Austria never has operated an
enrichment plant, from where we could have drawn DU to test it in
(what?)combat.

Thank you for this good joke! I have several times assured you that I
appreciate your well done comments and I want to repeat this assurance.

Best wishes,

Franz 

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com]
> Gesendet: Samstag, 08. April 2006 23:52
> An: Franz Schönhofer; Dlind49 at aol.com
> Cc: 'radsafe'
> Betreff: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: depleted uranium cherry & battle
> 
> Franz,
> I do not know when DU was first tested or used, but it
> is an intriquing question.  I guess the Austrians do
> not want to take credit for that technology.
> 
> --- Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
> wrote:
> 
> > John,
> >
> > This is a good question. Who used DU first? Who used
> > it first in combat?
> >
> > I spent in summer 1977 two months at the Austrian
> > Military as a volunteer,
> > being an Assistant Professor at the Technical
> > University of Vienna.
> >
> > I remember more than well, that in 1977 we were
> > instructed (I served at a
> > unity of tanks), that there existed munitions
> > containing uranium (there was
> > no questions then about depleted or natural
> > uranium), which would penetrate
> > all kind of armor. Also tungsten was mentioned.
> >
> > Now I would like to receive information from you,
> > when the DU was actually
> > first tested and used.
> >
> > If in 1977 at our Austrian army it's use was known,
> > then it should have been
> > known at least 50 years before internationally (I am
> > exaggerating.....).
> >
> > Franz Schoenhofer
> > PhD, MR iR
> > Habicherg. 31/7
> > A-1160 Vienna
> > AUSTRIA
> > phone -43-0699-1168-1319
> >
> >
> > >
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."
> Titus Livius
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
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