Re: Nuclear Weapons Material

[Lawrence Weinman <ltw@netcom.com>]

> >   > 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