• JucheBot1988
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    2 years ago

    US military veterans say they’ve developed nasty illnesses from handling the stuff. The US military “investigated,” and found it was totally safe. So you can draw your own conclusions.

    • Yang Wen-li
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      Just speculation, but it could be that the armor is safe in the sense if just sitting there it won’t do anything. However when penetrated the DU is obviously going to break out and float around in the air. Before modern tank armor, a hit usually meant death, these days though if your ammo rack doesn’t go kaput you’ll maybe survive. And in doing so, be exposed to the toxic DU particles that just got sprayed everywhere.