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Thread #89569 Message #1691022
Posted By: Don Firth
12-Mar-06 - 01:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: depleted uranium
Subject: RE: BS: depleted uranium
I'm afraid that GUEST, 11 Mar 06 - 11:33 PM has the wrong end of the stick.
". . . depleted uranium armour is more likely to deflect anti-tank weapons than mere hardened steel. . . ."
The Iraqi tank armor is not made of depleted uranium. If that were the case, then we'd be taking the Iraqi military to task. The American armor-piercing shells are made of DU, and that's the problem.