Depleted uranium tank shells: Why are they used and how do they work?

The UK is giving Ukraine armour-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium alongside its donation of 14 Challenger 2 tanks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the shells contain "a nuclear component" - a claim the UK said is deliberate misinformation, adding they have been standard equipment for decades and are "nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities".
But what are these shells and how do they work?
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[@rickster5120]

All you need to know about Depleted uranium ammunition...is...when Russians use it, which is all the time in this conflict ...it is acceptable...when Ukraine is offered them...its a Nucleur bomb to Russia

[@porkpie2965]

I believe 3BM-29, 3BM-32, 3BM-46 and 3BM-60 all use DU penetrators, with the -29 dating back to 1985. Russia is most definitely using them in Ukraine.

[@mattcannon8467]

​@@porkpie2965 99.9% of the rounds fired are HE for anti-personnel use. Why would they be using DU rounds? There hasn't been any evidence of their use in Ukraine by either side and its only since the UK announced they'd be sending DU rounds for the Challenger that everyone is now saying "well, Russia do it".

[@jeffreymcmillan7703]

You're spreading fake news. Don't you think MSM would be all over the story if Putin was using DU?

[@mechano6505]

@@mattcannon8467 There's plenty of pictures of captured Russian DU rounds like 3BM60 “Svinets-2” from a T80BVM, Ukraine has tanks, DU is good for penetrating tanks, that's why the Russians have been using them. You can also just look up the TASS article (Russian state media) explaining themselves why it's not against international law to use it.

[@briant5685]

russia has not used depleted uranium if they choose to they will destroy entire eco system of ukraine so UK should be careful

[@biddyboy1570]

Russia Used Novichok in Salisbury so this is fair game.

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

It's the Ukrainians who will suffer from this. Have you not seen all the Iraqi children who developed cancer because of this? The soil in Ukraine (which provides grain for millions of people worldwide) will be contaminated. But you're ok with Ukrainian children having cancer and people starving to death, to "own the Russians"?

[@ShiverMeTingles_]

Could not agree more

[@ahaveland]

Novichok doesn't stay radioactive for billions of years.

[@simonbird1973]

And polonium 210 prior to that!

[@Ese_osa]

What is fair is Russia using depleted nuclear bomb

[@soton5teve]

"The great russian cook off" still presented by Mary Berry

[@philchristmas4071]

If a Russian tank gets hit by a DU round the occupants will never have to worry about cancer again.

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

The children who live in that area will tho, you know, Ukrainians

[@Talus-Gort]

@@NorwegianNationalist1 Alpha particles don't penetrate beyond the skin, so the health risks truly are minimal. In fact, alpha radiation is used to treat cancers.

[@bulthaosen1169]

@@Talus-Gort alpha particles do penetrate your internal organs though. How are you going to stop it from getting inside your body while there is uranium dust in air and water?

[@rickster5120]

My point exactly..ridiculous over reaction and more propaganda for Orc families to digest back on Russia and believe

[@pepperroni6252]

@@NorwegianNationalist1 Depleted Uranium doesn't produce enough radiation to significantly increase cancer risk.

[@David-tm4yj]

In Iraq we were told not to go near any wrecked tanks as DU could have been used, i think it's something to do with when it gets very hot. I still wouldn't stand on top of a wrecked tank for a photo if i were you. We're also sending HESH rounds as well, good luck to the Ukrainian tank crews ( and all the rest of Ukraines armed forces) in the coming Spring counter attack. 🟦🟨

[@dougcoombes8497]

Part of the round is vaporized when it passes through the tank armor then flashes into flame inside the vehicle. It's possible to get a harmful dose of uranium but unlikely. Uranium is everywhere, there are 4.6 billion tons of it in solution in the oceans alone. It is also barely radioactive, the main risk is exposure to large amounts of it is toxic to the kidneys. You would have to ingest a lot of uranium for that. Is it possible that someone at some point is going to get sick in Ukraine because of the use of DU rounds. Yes, it's possible, but it is far more likely a Ukrainian will be killed by a Russian missile, bomb, shell, bullet etc... Something DU rounds are being sent to Ukraine to prevent.

[@parker1981xxx]

Cool story bruh

[@jeffreymcmillan7703]

Yeah! Good luck keeping this conflict from going nuclear. Glad to see the U.S. is still in the business of killing people for regime change.

[@pertpesc7058]

Depleted uranium grenade. When it hits its target and penetrates, it evaporates and turns into uranium oxide. 1 kg of depleted uranium contains 60,000 becquerels. Which is then spread over the area. Please look into Depleted uranium Iraq.

[@rossberrey1709]

​@randyalvarado6401 are you referring to the rusting remnants of the Russian tank fleet? Chally 2 can pick them off from twice the range that they could even start engaging, I doubt there will actually be a tank on tank battle during this conflict as Ukrainians actually know how to use armour effectively unlike a bunch of conscripted criminals that want to run

[@PHDarren]

Russia use depleted uranium shells in the T-80BVM and said in 2018 that it does not violate any international treaties.

[@fuzzywzhe]

Look up what it's done to children in Iraq.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@solaceofsnow2140 Oh yes it is. DU is an alpha transmitter, an alpha transmitter. It won't penetrate skin or even clothing, but you get it into your body, and you're in trouble. When DU hits a target, it becomes a very hot, powder, because it burns. It shouldn't be used. We had no justification for attacking Iraq. Bush is a war criminal, every US president is, Obama is a war criminal. Trump - just not so much of one..

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

A few corrections. As is mentioned DU’s “radioactivity” is highly debated, as what it deemed radioactive and what is simply toxic is a blurred line, as DU is not much more deadly than lead, meaning you can pick it up and hold it with your bare hands with little consequence. Simply being hard does not make a good round, otherwise we’d be making them out of diamond. DU is dense, very dense, though not more so than tungsten on its own, but as an alloy (which is required as pure metal isn’t conducive for a tank round) it is more dense than Tungsten. As for the self sharpening part that is true, but not that Tungsten doesn’t and DU does. A more accurate description is that they both blunt, DU simply blunts much less. They armour isn’t pushed in as much as it is displaced, with only the last bit at the end of the penetration being pushed and scattered throughout the tank. Tungsten does this as well, it isn’t unique to DU. DU is however pyrophoric but only above a certain temperature, this is the most correct part of the video. As side note is that the A-10 does not use a Gatling Gun, which is a very specific model of weapon created by the Mr. Gatling. This is a common error made worse by Hollywood. The technical term is a Rotary Cannon, as opposed to Revolver Cannons used by many European jet aircraft or Recoil Operated Autocannons used by the Russians.

[@caravanstuff2827]

Woooow I'll give you a A+ for effort!!.♥️🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@squidwardo7074]

@@polarper8165 The guys inside the tank crew have a bigger issue than the cloud of dust

[@peterwait641]

@@polarper8165 The UK rounds are old and they just want to get rid of them , Putin could start putting DU waste in HE artillery shells !

[@tombrunila2695]

@@randyalvarado6401 , oh yes they are. They are the ones who caused the problem by starting the war! If Russia had not gone to war against Ukraine this would not happen!

[@kilburn1313]

@@polarper8165 I read U.K sent DU shells to Ukraine a few months ago? I told my friend he said he did not believe me & that it would be the Russians doing this?

[@NeroontheGoon]

And uranium doesn’t “burst into flame” when exposed to oxygen! Uranium is a pyrophoric metal which when compressed reaches a temperature of approximately 5000 deg due to sub critical mass of the projectile. It is a very efficient penetrator of armor and that is why it’s used. The pyrophoric effect is an added benefit after penetration!

[@geraint8989]

Somewhat absurd to complain that an armour-piercing shell used to annihilate an invading army unit could cause long-term health problems. Environmental contamination? It’s Ukraine’s land - let’s ask them whether they want the shells.

[@ahaveland]

Ukraine's land is used to produce grain and sunflower oil, which goes all over the world. Contamination does not respect borders.

[@dougcoombes8497]

Long term health problems from what, U-238 which makes up most of DU has a half life of 4.4 billion years. It is barely radioactive. It is certainly much less radioactive than isotopes we are constantly exposed to like Potassium 40 with a half life 1/4 of that. Meaning it is much more radioactive. People are not going to get cancer from the tiny amount of U-238 they are exposed to. The only people who are going to suffer any negative health effects from DU rounds are the Russian tank crews that have them come screaming into their crew compartments. Which considering the extreme threat those Russian tank crews pose to millions of Ukrainians is a good thing.

[@rickster5120]

I'd imagine if u were inside the tank that it hit ..your not too worried about depleted uranium ...I'd say you won't be too worried about anything in honesty

[@rickster5120]

@@toby3701 yeah I've noticed how they respect the property on their new lands and especially how they like to re model the local architectural sites

[@johnnunn8688]

@@toby3701 yeah, of course.

[@hw934]

Let's trust the MOD and DOD there's no link at all......

[@slayer9240]

Yep there's absolutely no link to radioactive material and cancer non what's so ever 🙄.

[@BingoPaletot]

Depleted uranium is LESS radioactive than uranium found in nature.

[@thijshagenbeek8853]

DU shells are used becouse the army wants a shell that does the job. Warfighting is no equallity playground. You want to win.

[@robertwelsh6878]

Well said that man!

[@robertwelsh6878]

@Black & black well it does actually and I’ve been to war and got the medal to prove it as long as it’s all above board and within the law I’m ok with it Putin needs to be stopped at all costs?

[@thijshagenbeek8853]

@handlerex1 If i'm a trooper on the front line i'd like every possible advantage I could get and thats available. You are not in a war to do a fair fight. You'd want the fight to be as unfair in your advantage as possible.

[@GoreTexTillEndEx]

@Black & black Wrong. Crimes such as what happened at Mariupol, Bucha, Irpin, Kramatorsk railway and the Kremenchuck shopping mall were illegal acts and gave no advantage whatsoever. You are twisting what Thijs Hagenbeek means. They’re right though - most battles have been won by either overwhelming odds or a combination of that plus a deception etc.

[@pepperroni6252]

They're used because they're more effective and don't have long lasting health risks

[@cm275]

The Russians better play it safe around all that DU and return home. Everybody wins.

[@briant5685]

@Randy Alvarado why do you keep saying russia will use nukes lol, russia has numerous ways of polluting ukraine if need be nukes are for nato not ukraine

[@onesong2001]

@@briant5685 zelensky consistently asks for nukes

[@Tressco]

Map checkers disagree: Russia is (almost) at home; checking its backyard, weeding the garden so to say. Once again the imbecile Empire is staging its blatant, long-known regime-change gangsterism, funding enemies/terrorists it then later on fights, too. So, it's the anti-cultural quilldrivers who should pack up and head home, hopefully taking the global US-military arm of archaic NATO plus the rest of their occupational forces in Europe with them for good. How Many Countries Has the US Invaded? 379 New Online Tool Maps Out 867 US Military Bases Worldwide Deep state's psycho-bullies of U.S. of Banania, the gerontocracy of rabid, mad dogs, offering the finest for its sickness- & death-spreading health system, anti-scientifically based, woeful weather wizardism, never seen before useless, rather quite harmful media misinformation management, including some gov't-funded 3rd-party truth tellers ("fact checker") of its corporatist censorship-industrial complex teams, like moronic timetravellers straight out of good, ol' StasiNazi times. Where the streets are now paved with human feces & dead druggies, while its cities on the one hand are partially inhabited by gender-sensitive, pseudo-academic numbskulls that neglect rudimentary physics & shout-down simple biology (because of "feelings"), living in lalaland's ivory (racist?) tower, hovering well above rational reality. On the other side of town in the land of debris, and no homes for the slaves, there also liv..exists some kind of probably former human beings, resembling zombies who, I'm almost sure, do this satirical, existentialist, maybe even a little nihilist behavior, looking like the deepest ever Asian bow to the honorable uniqueness of this great failed, corrupt state. Or this is rather some elaborate anal-ogy on turning-the-other-cheek, going something like: "This Mickey-Mouse nation of Toms, chasing Jerries, has been fu%+ing us since decades, so we're now doing up-for-grabs offerings in advance. No ifs, just butts."

[@bbbb98765]

Bananas are slightly radioactive too. It's no big deal. Bananas make terrible tank rounds, though

[@FlyasaDiamond]

Not against Russian tanks they aren’t

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

@@FlyasaDiamond Beat me to that :P

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

Admittedly not great at penetrating but excellent at shooting round corners and causing a mobility kill by making the Russian tanks slip over on their ars3s.

[@simonbird1973]

Walnuts are radioactive also!

[@user-iw4xb3lh5r]

Can we not just place them on the ground infront of a tank and hope it slips over on it?

[@f.anvary7783]

if depleted uranium 40% less radioactive is, it means it still pretty radioactive. So how is it possible that it's not harmful for the livings and environment? I'm really curious who funded those researches which say otherwise!! No doubt defense industry!!

[@jf8643]

Nobody asked you

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

40% less radioactive than uranium ore it said, and natural ore is about as radioactive as a bunch of bananas the same size. So it's safer really.

[@ahaveland]

@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK That is absolutely not true. Natural ore varies greatly in concentration - some can be tens of thousands of times more radioactive than bananas. Ingesting uranium is dangerous - not just because it is chemically toxic, but the alpha particles it emits that are usually stopped by air and skin instead are right next to your cells and start ripping up DNA like a baseball bat in a biscuit factory.

[@normanboyes4983]

Basically depleted uranium only emits Alpha which is not harmful Beta and Gamma radiation are the damaging elements and DU has none.

[@bulthaosen1169]

@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK a natural ore the size of banana will kill you if it you keep it in your house. Seriously where do you people come from?

[@ULHIS]

Bastards attacked the UK on their own soil. Those shells should be signed with messages of kind regards from Britain.

[@basilboris]

Totally agree. What goes around, comes around.

[@netizencapet]

When? Where? What attacks?

[@Sharpshooter99100]

ണാകുളംകാരൻ ആയ ഞാൻ ഒരുതവണ പോയിട്ടുണ്ട് വേല കാണാൻ.....,എന്റ മോനെ കൂട്ടപ്പോരിച്ചിൽ ആയപ്പോൾ പേടിച്ചു അവിടെ ഉള്ള കുളത്തിൽ ചാടിയാലോ എന്നു വ

[@Talus-Gort]

I think that long-term health "risks" attributable to alpha particles would be the least of a tank crew's worries after being penetrated by one of those shells.

[@CJM527]

Is the concern not surrounding the effects on innocent civilians who may be exposed to the radiation?

[@Talus-Gort]

@@CJM527 Read what I actually wrote. The Russians have ALREADY used depleted Uranium shells. Other than the Russians' targeting civilian infrastructure with missiles and drones, I think that unexploded mines and booby traps present a much greater risk to civilians than depleted Uranium shells (which will contaminate the inside of Russian tanks and IRVs).

[@squidwardo7074]

@@CJM527 The innocent civillians are more worried about getting blown up by a russian cruise missile than getting cancer from a DU round

[@exiledhebrew1994]

@@Talus-Gort can you prove Russia already used DU on the battlefield in Ukraine?

[@Talus-Gort]

@@exiledhebrew1994 Irrelevant question.

[@teardrop720]

Using this, is a crime against humanity

[@chandramohan3433]

Only applicable for countries believe humanity. Not leaders only talk n act humanity. Most of world knows which countries are this actors.

[@aronhayse9895]

lol like russia dosent use it T-80BVM uses depleted uranium rounds

[@igorbednarski8048]

It's not any more cruel than using lead, steel or tungsten rounds.

[@martinsmith5520]

Good thing we're only going to kill orcs with them

[@onesong2001]

@@igorbednarski8048 you wouldn't say that a few years after your home was contaminated

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

GLORY TO 🇺🇦 🇯🇲

[@trevortrevortsr2]

UK used less than 100 DU rounds in the gulf wars - they prefer to use Hesh - some DU was used in the keel of racing yachts

[@chandramohan3433]

They used DU shells right? Hope they get their lesson for use something will cause future radiation sickness. Sin,s can,t be escaped. Matter of time.

[@tomeglinton9213]

DU is actually softer than most hardened steel and much softer than tungsten carbide. its used because of its density and self sharpening nature on impact.

[@dougcoombes8497]

Think the UK still holds the record for the longest tank kill ever at 4.7 kilometers in Iraq in 1991 using a DU round fired from a Challenger 1. DU rounds fired from Challenger 2s in Ukraine are going to be highly effective at long range. These tanks and all the Leopard 2s and Abrams going to Ukraine are going to be force multipliers. They will allow Ukrainians to take out Russian tanks at ranges where the Russians can't shoot back effectively.

[@ivancho5854]

I thought that it was a HESH round. 🤔 Either way I was a cracking good shot. 👍 Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@mattyallen3396]

Esp with T55

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@ivancho5854 It was a DU round. And an American M1 took out two T-72s in that war with one DU shot. It passed right through the first tank and still had enough energy to penetrate the second.

[@tonys1636]

That's 3 miles in for those in the UK and US.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@Randy Alvarado They work fine in intense combat, just ask the Iraqis in their T-72s what it was like to face large numbers of M1s and Challenger 1s, the ones that are still alive that is. These tanks have had years to work out the bugs and are proven in some of the harshest conditions possible. Most recently in Afghanistan. And just because something is "highly complex" doesn't mean it won't work or isn't durable. For instance it only takes about 20 minutes to change out the power pack of a Leopard 2. All this equipment was designed to work in battle, you'd have to be delusional to think Russia is the only nation that knows how to make equipment that works in battle. only theirs doesn't or Ukraine wouldn't have captured masses of it including over 550 tanks. And speaking of tanks, Russian auto-loaders are a massive weakness. From the carousel storage that often detonates when the tank is hit to its habit of eating arms. They are definitely over complex mechanisms that are prone to failure. On the other hand western tanks all still use a loader that is faster than the Russian autoloader. And usually store the ammo in armored boxes away from the crew with blowout panels so an ammo cookoff in most cases won't kill the entire crew. How many Russian do you think walk away from "jack-in-the-box" detonations of their tanks? These western tanks are going to be a highly valuable addition to an armed force that is already expert at dealing with Russian opposition no matter what they're in including tanks.

[@nigermant6347]

I wonder if some moving external protection could hit the incoming shell in the right angle in order to divert it.

[@jimthompson8947]

Reverse polarity magnetism on the hull would be a more suitable solution, but the power needed to do that would be far larger than the tank itself.

[@lawsonlebrun9375]

Let’s be honest, if you’re on the receiving end of a DU round/shell I really don’t think you’re going to needa worry about the long term negative health effects

[@patrikpass2962]

But people living there for hundreds of years afterwards.

[@brettbenson7690]

It's quite a bit less radioactive than the ground it came out of.

[@TureRealD]

Are we that keen on starting WW III??? WTF everyone?!

[@JohnSmith-vz8pc]

0:19 How do you spell "radioactive"??

[@johnnunn8688]

‘Ignites when exposed to oxygen’, so how come it doesn’t ignite as soon as the round is made, or even before?

[@hippopotamus86]

Uranium powder / dust ignite when exposed to air.

[@RealHairyPotty]

They put up a “no smoking” sign. Unlike in many Russian bases it seems, recently.

[@squidwardo7074]

It ignites when its heated significantly and powderized

[@johnnunn8688]

@@squidwardo7074 maybe so but the video said, ‘ignites when exposed to oxygen’.

[@squidwardo7074]

@@johnnunn8688 the video is a simplification and a lot of times these videos have inaccurate information

[@JohnCSmith-lp1qr]

So the "British Gift ". Just got blown up in Western Ukraine......Karma is a B...h 😂. But dont wory guys. No radiation ..only highly toxic

[@splatoonistproductions5345]

One tank mate, in return for 1000 Russian tanks, think that’s something to brag about? Taking out one tank from the west?

[@JohnCSmith-lp1qr]

@@splatoonistproductions5345. Because the Ukros keep them far from the front line 😆 Looks like another one few days ago. "The indestructible " 😂....No worries about russian losses About 7 times lesser than the Ukrainian ..as per "The Pentagon Leaks"

[@tuffgonggbUNCTION]

Only 60% radiation, ❤

[@SC-bc2yh]

Basically it’s an weapon for genocide 😢

[@BMC-hl2uh]

The UK introduces nuclear material into the Ukraine. Remember that.

[@markdavis8888]

It is a lie that DU ammunition does not cause cancer. They also use it in the US for training and testing.

[@josefjoves2587]

What is the common thing between my wallet and this tank shell?... both are depleted....😂

[@josefjoves2587]

What happens when you're hit with depleted shells?...you're deleted.

[@ResortDog]

Without random double blind tests, NOBODY can state anything is safe.

[@vivalasvegas2826]

I'd take a chance at cancer vs a Russian tank..that's a no brainer

[@onesong2001]

you work with what you have

[@JDSFLA]

0.01 The U.K. recently increased the number of Challenger II tanks being sent to Ukraine to 28. How can you not know this?

[@ivancho5854]

Excellent news. 👍 Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@cacwgm]

Sounds like 'The UK's given Ukraine...'; accurate, since only 14 have been delivered so far.

[@RAWGRIP54]

Very good. Ukraine needs shells like this.

[@apples874]

According to epa, if alpha particles from depleted uranium is ingested or inhaled, it is a serious health hazard. Alpha particles directly affect living cells and can cause kidney damage. Also, according to the NIH, the principal isotope in natural and depleted uranium, 238U, has a long half life (4.5 billion years) and primarily decays by alpha particle emission. Lastly, according to sciencedirect, depleted uranium is composed of 99.8% 238U, 0.2% 235U, and 0.0006% 234U

[@davehome4434]

and your mom too😂😂

[@Ademir2809]

ukraine need to stop beeing a puppet of US/UK

[@Star-lv1gk]

Western Ukraine is now irradiated thanks to your garbage shells.

[@blackdow9581]

What could possibly go wrong exploding uranium all over Ukraine

[@policircus]

Aaah, the British government. When you murder entire civilisations across the planet in your "golden" years as the main "colonizer", transforming Ukraine is into a radioactive wasteland isn't that big of a deal already.

[@哲学サクサク]

If you don't have a human mind, you can use this weapon for kindness children.

[@alexholmes7275]

You are firing uranium. Depleted or otherwise uranium has a significant amount of radiation that leaves lasting damage

[@gsilvy4k570]

You are actually incorrect, the radioactive level of DU is so low that it is almost harmless assuming you arent putting it directly into someones cells. How ever I am not at all saying that it is ok to use. It is still chemically toxic, although still less than other heavy metals, can still be harmful. People like to single out DU over other things like lead in bullets, all because it is radioactive to a miniscule degree.

[@kumurukecc1604]

​@@gsilvy4k570 I think that the small amount of radioactivity and toxicity of uranium begins to matter when it turns into fine dust on impact, eventually scattering all over the battlefield. I think I've seen some german documentary about this from Iraq but I don't really remember the details.

[@daminlong7867]

Never even knew this was a thing.

[@onesong2001]

what else don't you know?

[@leoprior3437]

Nothing a shovel won't fix

[@nguyennam1945]

Wait how Uranium harder than Tungsten ?

[@davidbhart1867]

It's not harder, it's more dense.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Their weapons dont work found blunt shells, what now?

[@danbatesy5492]

Happy hunting challenger 2

[@P3t3rG1]

Make a miniature A-10 then

[@williamwilson4162]

They would say that wouldn't they.

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

No link between depleted uranium and cancer -lol, these reasearchers must really be indipendent 😂😂😂

[@cyanscourt]

Actually depleted urnaium is les radioactive than naturally obtained urnaium. So yeah, it's pretty safe.

[@evanpaulsmithfalconfogolin6147]

Seems like overkill, do they even need depleted uranium against T55?

[@theflipeechestlanjao7754]

Goes through Russian tanks like smooth butter

[@onesong2001]

​@@theflipeechestlanjao7754 I'm not a scientist but I don't think smooth butter would go through a tank

[@user1oooify]

I would be more worried about a shell hitting the tank made of this compared to its effects on the enviroment lol!

[@ThomasBomb45]

If you're a solider, of course. But if you're a civilian. living in the area during or after the battle, then what?

[@3_Dogs_In_A_Trench_Coat]

How peculiar... I'd swear the voice is the same as the voice in another channel.

[@greenuranium2052]

REDIOACTIVE?

[@buddhistscientist7419]

U-238 is so dangerous to life, during earth in melting state most of the heavier metals weren't go to the surface,So life can be formed.However human bring the things up to the surface and let their children face their karma one day!!

[@MatthewNGolding]

0:00-2:24

[@ifell3]

Independent research, hahaha we have faith in our governments.

[@jackoneil3933]

Hazards of Depleted Uranium - Stanford University Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring element on earth. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons and has neutrons of varying number from 141 to 146 which corresponds to U-233 to U-238. In nature, uranium exists in oxidised form such as uranite (UO 2 2+) and pitchblende (U 3 O 8 2+ Uses of Depleted Uranium. DU is used to dilute weapons grade ... Zelensky signs law declaring peace talks with Putin 'impossible' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seemingly shut the door on the prospect of having any peace talks with Vladimir Putin - but not with Russia under a different leadership. Zelensky signed a...

[@buddhistscientist7419]

U-238 is so dangerous to life, during earth in melting state most of the heavier metals weren't go to the surface,So life can be formed.However human bring the things up to the surface and let their children face their karma one day!!

[@leozocktlp4444]

its a tank round but its dangerous because its deadly ?`???????

[@Bill.Connor]

Now do Ukrainian soil and water supply contaminated by corruption, ineptitude, and incompetence. The winds of change are blowing.

[@MedicJ.D]

How long before someone makes a set of darts out of DU instead of tungsten ;)

[@nsrracing1]

Thats a laugh worried about long term effects of DU while trying to kill one another

[@twomustangs]

:20 "redioactive?"

[@Eric-steele]

Can be catastrophic? When sonething gets to 3000c nothing survives. Say goodbye to the Ukrainian countryside.

[@binjuice59]

More crispy Orcs on the horizon 🇺🇦

[@policircus]

I'd like to see you instead :)

[@briant5685]

you have thousands russia has millions of those and can contaminate entire ukraine if need be so don't throw your friends to the fire

[@briant5685]

you cannot know what you don't want to know@@solaceofsnow2140

[@uniquesubstance2353]

We have a lot of people in Iraq having cancer cuz the uranium😢😢😢

[@DedmanReactin]

Ukraine is already handicapped by not being able to strike into Russia.. so these shell's are up to them to use or not. Although I don't believe they are radioactive.. why kill your own shooter's.. makes no sense

[@SokhornSokha-i7n]

I'ma buy it for my azuma sister.😊

[@Kate-lz7jq]

Pls invest in better animations

[@apocratos0174]

So.....when the wester uses it, its fair game.... but when russia uses it, its nuclear weapons... Hummmm

[@personalexperience3637]

See Mark Wallinger's expo 2007 @ The Tate. Iraqi babies born with encephalitis- after the war. What type of ' independent report' excludes this?

[@KingAneelo]

dense, not hard, sheesh

[@jensroder9016]

and of course we believe the goverments statement. :-)

[@MakeItWithJim]

Ukrainians about to get Gulf War syndrome?

[@MONSTABEATZ1]

Are you looking for SARMAT? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cascadianrangers728]

This video is very inaccurate

[@alecanicecuppatea]

No way he said controversy like that

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

Fact is that many a tank crew after the Golf war got sick and their new born children were born with disformed bodies...

[@peterwait641]

They used to say smoking was good for your health in the 1930's and 40's and many doctors smoked lol

[@squidwardo7074]

Tbh I think the tank crew won't be too worried about the long lasting effects after getting shot by a tank

[@peterwait641]

@@squidwardo7074 The dust left behind not good for for agriculture and animals , think about that when your chips are cooked in sunflower oil after the war

[@squidwardo7074]

@@peterwait641 Mines and undetonated artillery/mortars aren't too good for animals and agriculture either. I honestly think DU shells should be the least of anyone's worries

[@PokemonGuy666]

​@Peter Wait ironic bc sunflowers actually absorb and dissipate radiation.

[@iwanadicandra3509]

ini gila , hentikan perang 🙏

[@Rostov_V]

Shame on you!!!!

[@caravanstuff2827]

Very narstie...get these tank shells to the front line in Ukraine ASAP!!!.♥️🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

Fajullah Basra Gulf Syndrome

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

Doesn't matter they said the same thing before My Lai

[@Kosmaguznyakov33]

😂😂😂😂ok

[@thescentman3678]

It is a shame to use depleted uranium

[@Back2TheBike]

So as well as selling off 51% of BAE Systems tank business, UK now gives away 14 C2's we can't spare to regime fighting a 500yr old Slavic blood feud. Madness. And UK taxpayers foot the bill.

[@BingoPaletot]

Yeah Ivan.

[@normanboyes4983]

28 actually. Also, if Ukraine does not contain Russia - then Russia may invade a NATO country and then you be called up to the front line - how do you want to pay tax dollars or your life - a choice the Ukrainians do not have to make.

[@metropol5040]

Well, it's actually been increased to 28 tanks now, so, cry harder I suppose.

[@terrytumble162]

“We”? You’re not British.

[@enigma1000]

If Russia wins in Ukraine the cost to the UK will be a whole lot more than the cost of 28 Challenger 2s.

[@aivarioha]

its fine

[@jonathanmarshall9992]

Don't worry its only Russians.

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

The people living in these areas will develop cancer, like what happened to children in Iraq. But you're ok with sacrificing the future generations of Ukrainians, in order to "own the Russians"?

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

@@solaceofsnow2140 Yes it is lol, google is your friend