Add to this that these tanks are notoriously bad at navigating in winter sludges.
This entire "shitshow" is effectively making "Arms" manufacturers quite busy.
While their "puppets" facilitate more raping of taxpayers pocketbooks.
It seems to me that Russia was quite prepared for any actions taken against them when the decision was made to go into the Russian speaking areas of Ukraine to remove an ongoing threat to ethnic Russians who were under constant threats and attacks since the manufactured revolution of 2014.
Furthermore, it seems that this is likely another facet of the ongoing operations to weaken the U S A in every way imaginable. Thank goodness there are approximately 350,000,000 firearms in the possession of the citizens of this country. If the time comes where they (the weapons) are needed, I pray there are enough hands to handle them properly against all.... ALL of our enemies. Hunt them like mossad after nazis.
If you send tanks we will send tanks. Ok we will start sending them now. A week later. Hay we sent our tanks what about yours you said you would send them if we did. We are IN ONE YEAR. LOL, Silly Nazis.
The main risk from depleted uranium is chemical poisoning from uranium oxide (U-238 is only weakly radioactive). It is a heavy metal and any inhalation of such things is adverse to health. A battlefield is a playground for all kinds of toxic compounds resulting from detonations and fires. (One of our first jobs on the ROLAND 2 propulsion unit was to eliminate asbestos from the combustion chamber liners.)
Everyone likes to blame cancers and birth defects on radioactive materials. The question is whether there is any causality truly at work. A battlefield is also littered with copper-based shell casings with propellant residue, which corrode and get into the surface water. Has anyone done a study of those effects? There are more important things to worry about than depleted uranium---like who prevails in the conflict.
You have some very good points here, there may be worse pollution than DU in battlefields.
I still think DU needs to be banned from military use, even if it's main toxicity is chemical.
It's generally not good to ingest any metal: iron, aluminum, tin, zinc, copper, brass...the list goes on. Unless you make a practice of confusing them with a lollipop, there is no trouble co-existing with metals. My wedding ring is tungsten, one of the heaviest of heavy metals and I am perfectly fine. All the precious metals are heavy metals. Silver is effective against bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. I have titanium sutures in my heart and sternum from open-heart surgery; it is ideal for human use because it is totally inert to the body's environment. Depleted uranium is used in a lot of applications where high density is useful, and it is excellent radiation shielding because of that. (Not against neutrons, however. That's playing with spice.)
If the narrative is a blanket condemnation of an element, what do we do? Question the narrative. Find out how much hype is going on here. A tank is a bad place to be if things go wrong, so I tend to trust the Army in making sure any innovations are not a worse cure than the problem.
Here are your tanks. Please note we have stripped out the armouring and replaced it with the finest quality Chinese steel.
...howls...
I have to ask this question AND I also KNOW that it is going to be hilarious on the responses:
Question: Will the steel be tempered or be austenite?
Austenite has too high carbon footprint... Sending the ESG tanks instead. BAHAHAHA
...austenite tends to be a wee bit brittle probably not good for armor...
JUST SITTING HERE WITH MY MORNING COFFEE LAUGHING - MY - ASS - OFF!!!!!!!
Responses did not disappoint!!!!
Add to this that these tanks are notoriously bad at navigating in winter sludges.
This entire "shitshow" is effectively making "Arms" manufacturers quite busy.
While their "puppets" facilitate more raping of taxpayers pocketbooks.
It seems to me that Russia was quite prepared for any actions taken against them when the decision was made to go into the Russian speaking areas of Ukraine to remove an ongoing threat to ethnic Russians who were under constant threats and attacks since the manufactured revolution of 2014.
Furthermore, it seems that this is likely another facet of the ongoing operations to weaken the U S A in every way imaginable. Thank goodness there are approximately 350,000,000 firearms in the possession of the citizens of this country. If the time comes where they (the weapons) are needed, I pray there are enough hands to handle them properly against all.... ALL of our enemies. Hunt them like mossad after nazis.
Said it before. Not one tank will be shipped. White hats in control.
...at least not to Ukraine....
...maybe to Germany or Britain to replace the junk they are currently sending to Ukraine ...
Oh dear.
...the Germans (and the Brits to a lesser degree) are going to be the BIG losers in this debacle...
...can we say, "Gesicht mit Ei bedeckt"....
You can say it, but not many will understand what it means.
...howls...
...our German "allies' will....
Thanks.
...German for "egg on face"...(face covered in eggs)
...doggy winks...
AND who is going to lick the face? Most important...
...Russia...
That's only the turret, tho
...exactly...
If you send tanks we will send tanks. Ok we will start sending them now. A week later. Hay we sent our tanks what about yours you said you would send them if we did. We are IN ONE YEAR. LOL, Silly Nazis.
...c'est la vie...
...doggy winks....
Think they are going to be late to the party..
...a wee tad...
...we wouldn't want Uncle Vlad getting hold of those "highly classified" armored tanks would we?
IMO the Russians would not use depleted uranium in their own armour. They have some scruples.
...sadly true...
Why would you think metallurgy is a matter of scruples?
Because depleted uranium causes radioactive pollution when it catches fire.
The US used depleted uranium rounds in iraq an Serbia and now there are cancers and birth defects.
The main risk from depleted uranium is chemical poisoning from uranium oxide (U-238 is only weakly radioactive). It is a heavy metal and any inhalation of such things is adverse to health. A battlefield is a playground for all kinds of toxic compounds resulting from detonations and fires. (One of our first jobs on the ROLAND 2 propulsion unit was to eliminate asbestos from the combustion chamber liners.)
Everyone likes to blame cancers and birth defects on radioactive materials. The question is whether there is any causality truly at work. A battlefield is also littered with copper-based shell casings with propellant residue, which corrode and get into the surface water. Has anyone done a study of those effects? There are more important things to worry about than depleted uranium---like who prevails in the conflict.
You have some very good points here, there may be worse pollution than DU in battlefields. I still think DU needs to be banned from military use, even if it's main toxicity is chemical.
It's generally not good to ingest any metal: iron, aluminum, tin, zinc, copper, brass...the list goes on. Unless you make a practice of confusing them with a lollipop, there is no trouble co-existing with metals. My wedding ring is tungsten, one of the heaviest of heavy metals and I am perfectly fine. All the precious metals are heavy metals. Silver is effective against bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. I have titanium sutures in my heart and sternum from open-heart surgery; it is ideal for human use because it is totally inert to the body's environment. Depleted uranium is used in a lot of applications where high density is useful, and it is excellent radiation shielding because of that. (Not against neutrons, however. That's playing with spice.)
If the narrative is a blanket condemnation of an element, what do we do? Question the narrative. Find out how much hype is going on here. A tank is a bad place to be if things go wrong, so I tend to trust the Army in making sure any innovations are not a worse cure than the problem.