It?s probably a good idea to have a look, but I highly doubt McDermott will set about asking the right questions nor do I think he will accept answers provided. Like lead dust and vaporous mercury, once a projectile like a depleted uranium penetrating rod sabot round goes through the plasma state upon impacting armor, a heavy metal dust is created. Like lead dust and vaporous mercury, ya don?t want to ingest that heavy metal dust so rubbernecking around inside a blown out tank hull without a dust mask is not a wise move. I?m sure Mc Dermott would love to deprive out tank crews of the DU sabot tank killer round and level the playing field, so I hope we proceed carefully and get the right information.
Oh, that sabot round has been around a long time and has a penetration rod; even the Taliban had those for their TU 54s, but I doubt our opposition has a DU penetrating rod but most likely uses some other dense, heavy metal that isn?t as effective.
The DU sabot is not an explosive projectile, but instead is based upon kinetic energy/ tremendous impact force and literally burns through thick armor hide.
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