Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "Today I Found Out" channel.

  1. Its very simple Depleted uranium has 3 capabilities that tungsten rounds cant match First its naturally self sharpening. Modern composite armor is designed to blunt KE rounds. DU can withstand that effect better tungsten Second its naturally Pyrophoric, DU can self ignite and burn at extremely high temperatures which is bad day for any tank Lastly, its cheaper. Kontakt-5 works by submitting KE rounds to violent forces in a effort to break them. DU can simply be made thicker while tungsten require more machining Tungsten rounds require a lot machining to compensate for armor developments while DU doesnt require that much The counter point is that 130mm and 140mm tank guns are in testing now and they kinda make DU moot Besides shear kinetic energy. the larger size rounds can easily accommodate precision guidance as well bigger warhead Most 120mm HEAT rounds have between 3-5lbs of high explosive and weigh about 54lbls A 130mm rounds weight 66lbs and 140mm as much 88lbs a 140mm HEAT round could have the same explosive payload as modern ATGM
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  2. The fact of the matter there is no such thing as a safe weapon DU is a heavy metal same tungsten However given that there are 130mm and 140mm main gun in testing DU days are numbered. Besides the shear amount of kinetic energy , the size of those rounds allow for larger much High explosive rounds but most importantly making a precision guided 130mm or 140mm for top attack would considerably easier
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