........how did this come to be? Someone having a souvenir penetrator wouldn't be unthinkable, but one with its depleted uranium nose bent (!!} and the sabot still intact? ODD
The parts you see are all high grade aluminum, nothing there is DU, as DU is used for the service (combat) rounds only. It is unusual to see one in that good of shape, since aluminum is sorta soft and it hits the ground/backstop at just about a mile a second, which will twist the rod up and put a heck of a bend in it. Even harder to find is a training HEAT round in good shape, as those heavy things are really messed up when you find them.74OA said:
The DU dart you see is what does all the damage. Hard to imagine the amount of energy it takes to bend the tip like we see in the photo, or to distort an entire penetrator like Clary mentioned.
Yes, the aluminum ones. The training ones are about two feet long, with the fins still attached, which are just screwed on the end. Those usually break off too when the round starts to tumble when contacting the dirt.74OA said:
Great info, thanks. So when you mentioned seeing rounds bent like a banana, you were talking about the aluminum training rounds, right?
A question. If the real McCoy is DU which I assume is dense as heck and the training round is aluminum, which of course is not very dense/heavy, how can the training round mimic the trajectory of the real penetrator? Is there a separate program in the tank's gunnery computer for training rounds?clarythedrill said:
That thing is completely harmless. It is unusual to find a penetrater that straight, as most have a severe banana bend to them, and all petals and penetraters are interchangeable of the same nomenclature.
Edit: There is about 15 dollars in high grade aluminum laying there.
Yes, there are separate cards in the ballistic computer which compute the ballistic solution based on what exact type of round and nomenclature you are firing. Example:IDAGG said:A question. If the real McCoy is DU which I assume is dense as heck and the training round is aluminum, which of course is not very dense/heavy, how can the training round mimic the trajectory of the real penetrator? Is there a separate program in the tank's gunnery computer for training rounds?clarythedrill said:
That thing is completely harmless. It is unusual to find a penetrater that straight, as most have a severe banana bend to them, and all petals and penetraters are interchangeable of the same nomenclature.
Edit: There is about 15 dollars in high grade aluminum laying there.