Kozzy Mozzy
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Whispering Death said:Knightraptor said:If the tank is punctured and the UO2 is released into the air, it is quite lethal if inhaled.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's a myth about uranium in the chogum armor.
What they didn't tell us until like 2 years ago was that the Depleted uranium warheads tanks use don't work because they're so hard. The reason you see turrets of T-72s blown hundreds of feet beyond the chassis is because the depleted uranium is actually a bit unstable. When it contacts another hard target at such high speeds the uranium breaks down causing a massive energy release. This release also is radioactive.
So using it as an armor is a bad bad idea unless you want your tank crews to turn into the incredible hulk.
Side Note: Some tank crews would exit the vehicle in inspect their kills after using DU rounds since they didn't even tell the tank crews that how the DU rounds actually worked. So they think a good portion of 'Gulf War Syndrum' is from radiation exposure. When a DU rounds is used in battle now it requires a special cleanup operation once the area is secure.
This is all false.
The reason the T-72s had their turrets blown off was because of a design flaw in the T series, the ammo is stored on the turret floor. If it explodes the turret gets launched off, not because DU explodes. DU is pyrophoric, meaning when it penetrates the armor is vaporizes into tons of hot little bits, greatly increasing after armor effects. This has no where near enough energy to lift a 10 ton tank turret anywhere.
Do you have any real documents to back up your claims?