M14 Shooter
The Light of Truth
Free lesson:I was always mislead into thinking that uranium was harmful.
When a DU pennetrator hits a hard target, the fricton heats the pennetrator to the point that some, even most, is vaproized into plasma. This hot gas, once inside the target, ignites pretty much anything that's flammable, as well as does physical damage thru direct impact. This generally causes the fuel and ammo inside the target to explode, sometimes resulting in a catatriphic failure of the structure of the vehicle.
The danger from the DU expended in this manner is is exactly this:
Whatever dust is left over from the vaorization of the pennetrator is inhaled or ingested by a person, leading to exceptionally low-level exposure of radiation to the internal organs of said person. Once the DU passes, so does the exposure.
SO... to even be exposed to DU from expended ordnance, you need to be in an area where it was used to kill tanks. You then need to ingest it and/or inhale it.
Oh, the horror of DU.
This is sheer ignrance on your part..I guess people who wear special suits and carry geiger counters when around the stuff are only trying to scare us.
There are --no-- special precautions for handling DU ammunition.