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Most military use of depleted uranium has been as 30 mm ordnance, primarily the 30 mm PGU-14/B armor-piercing incendiary round from the GAU-8 Avenger cannon of the A-10 Thunderbolt II used by the United States Air Force. 25 mm DU rounds have been used in the M242 gun mounted on the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the Marine Corps's LAV-25.
On 6 May 2014, the U.S. Army announced that it awarded a US$12 million contract to defense contractor General Dynamics for the demilitarization and disposal of 78,000 aging depleted-uranium (DU) tank rounds as newer rounds are added to the U.S. war reserves. The contract includes M829A1 and M829A2 rounds. [5] M829A3 Cross section
The M28 launcher was also equipped with a 20 mm spotting rifle – a single-shot weapon that fired depleted uranium [8] rounds using a high–low system. These rounds flew a similar trajectory to the nuclear projectiles and produced white smoke when they landed, helping determine range. [27] The Davy Crockett was fired remotely.
Such armor-piercing rounds were developed by the U.S. during the Cold War to destroy Soviet tanks, including the same T-72 tanks that Ukraine now faces in its countero A look at the uranium-based ...
When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’
depleted uranium alloy (core) / 2.2 kg 5.67 kg of M30 1501 m/s ≈370 mm at 0° at 1000 m [6] A further modification of M735, using a depleted uranium core instead of the tungsten alloy core. Never fielded by the U.S. military. M774 United States: Primex Technologies 1980 [11] 908.05 mm 17.146 kg Depleted Uranium alloy / 3.4 kg 5.89 kg of M30
When fired, depleted uranium becomes ‘essentially an exotic metal dart fired at extraordinarily high speed’
The project had three components: the gun (prototype known as EXP32M1), developed by the Royal Ordnance Factory, Nottingham, a new depleted uranium (DU) APFSDS round, and a propellant charge for it. [4] CHARM superseded other projects, the EXP 32M1 experimental gun was re-titled the XL30E4 and accepted for production as the L30 in 1989.