home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: sci.military
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!ncr-sd!ncrcae!ncrhub2!ciss!law7!military
- From: MegaZone <megazone@granite.wpi.edu>
- Subject: Re: Uranium depleted shells
- Message-ID: <C19ny5.3IE@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: WPI Discordian Society, Undocumented Cabal
- References: <C17vrs.F0F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:44:28 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
- Lines: 36
-
-
- From MegaZone <megazone@granite.wpi.edu>
-
- In article <C17vrs.F0F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> dehaney4905@mtroyal.ab.ca writes:
- >various types of armor. But because of the shells composition, is it
- >actually a fusion-reaction that would enable surprisingly deep penetration
- >into armor?
-
- There are API shells which are DU. You do not get 'fusion' with Uranium in any
- case, especially DU. What happens in on contact the KE of the round becomes
- heat, melting the armor and the round and forming a high-temperature molten
- metal jet that slices through the armor. The temp is high enough that on
- exiting the back of the armor the DUY ignites. DU burns extremely hot, and
- will set off ammo, etc inside the vehicle.
-
-
- >Theoretically, only 7 of these shells would be required to disable a tank
-
- Theoretically you only need one in the right place. Blow of a tread, hit the
- main gun (I've seen pictures of a tank with a chunk of gun tube missing after
- an A-10 attackck, one round is all it take, hit the engine or ammo storage,
- there are many ways to disable a tank.
-
- >Would a tank really have armor thin enough that an A-10 Gatling-like gun
- >could be effective?
-
- Hell yes. The A-10 can kill an M-1A1, the A-10 attacks from the weakest side,
- the top. Top armor is VERY thin compare to the front slope. Have you ever seen
- films of the A-10 Strafing old M-48s and M-60s? The tanks a shoved about
- by just a few rounds. Quite impressive.
-
- ###############################################################################
- # I have one prejudice, and that is against stupidity. Use your mind, think! #
- #Email megazone@wpi.wpi.edu Moderator, WPI anime FTP site 130.215.24.1 /anime#
- ###############################################################################
-
-