Re: Depleted Uranium in artillery rounds

[John DeLaHunt <jdelahunt@cc.colorado.edu>]

>Just to clear up the terminology to prevent any misunderstanding.....
>
>We are not refering to artillery rounds, but to 120 mm Tank rounds, known 
>as SABOT. These rounds have a depleted uranium penetrator that looks like 
>a small missle. I will see what literature i have on these......

My understanding was that the rounds of the GA/U-8A cannon
on the A-10A Tunderbolt II (Warthog) were also DU.  It may
be that tank-busting applications on the PanAvia Tornado
also used DU rounds.  

Not that _where_ the rounds were fired from is the heart of
the issue.

I just thought that there might be more DU lying around than
just from 120mm tank rounds.
                 
Not that I wear a uniform.  I just read a lot of Aviation
Week & Space Technology...


John
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