Originally Posted by zraver

What I was saying is that the allies saw ever German AFV with a canon as a Panther or Tiger.



In Iraq the British used the Chally 1 with the L11A5 rifled 120mm. They did not use depleted Uranium sabots. Rifling is bad for velocity and unbalances a fin stabilized round. British doctrine called for using HESH (high explosive squash head) this round was basically plastic explosive that would impact, conform to the area and detonate. The shock waves would then travel through the armor knocking pieces off the inside. These pieces are call spall, he process is spalling. Spall acts like a bullet vs flesh and hoses, and is also incredibly hot and can ignite fluids and ammunition.

it must be noted that for non-finned rounds or non-KE weapons rifling is more accurate. The two longest shots via a tank gun in history both go to british rifled guns. The longest kill was made by a Challenger 1 in 1991 using the L11A5, and the longest hit was against a Syrian bulldozer by the IDF firing from an American made clone of the British Royal Ordnance L7.

Also DU is inert, you can eat the stuff without harm. The only evidence that it may become dangerous is after an very energetic impact with a hard surface like armor.

Foremost, please think before you type.