Reports say the US is expected to send Ukraine depleted-uranium tank rounds along with M1 Abrams tanks. The rounds do what other tank rounds don't, like sharpening on impact and starting fires. A ...

The US announced on Wednesday that it is sending depleted-uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine. Russia responded angrily, saying the move was an "indicator of inhumanity." A US official said: "If ...

First introduced in the 1980s, the M1 Abrams tank was armed with the devastating M829 depleted uranium round, capable of penetrating the thickest armor, including that of Soviet T-72s and T-80s.

The U.S. military is still developing depleted uranium munitions, notably the M829A4 armor-piercing round for the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank, Boston said.

Depleted uranium munitions were first used in the 1991 Gulf War, against Iraq's T-72 tanks, and again in the invasion of the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2003, as well as in Bosnia and ...

Now, 31 Abrams tanks will likely give the Ukrainian forces some advantage in chosen sectors of the offensive. A US Abrams tank is seen in Poland on May 19, 2022. PHOTO: AFP Armament and munitions The ...

The U.S. military is still developing depleted uranium munitions, notably the M829A4 armor-piercing round for the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank, Boston said.

Not only had the tanks been provided without some of the latest upgraded depleted uranium armor and fire control systems, it was soon evident that they were vulnerable to the warfighting innovations ...

The US announced on Wednesday that it is sending depleted-uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine. Russia responded angrily, saying the move was an "indicator of inhumanity." A US official said: "If ...