It says something about Ukraine's perceived strategic situation that they are happy to have concentrated Uranium dust spread around what they claim is their countryside if it gives them some degree of a tactical advantage.
Ukraine gives another own goal proganda tool to Putin.
Russians standard anti-tank shell for the 125 mm is the Svinets series. To say whether they are using them in Ukraine considering how low they are on ammo is pretty self-evident- of course they are, they'd be stupid not too. And it's not just for the t-80's 125 mm, this works on every 125 mm cannon the Russians have put out since the t-64. The Svinets works on them and has been in service since '91. The 1 and 2 series were newer (1 was tungsten but designed to work with discontinued Black Eagle research tank) and work with the t-90 and any t-72 upgraded to that cannon. The newest set, the "vacuum" the 3bm59, is for the t-14's 125 mm, which also could be on the upgrade cannon list for the older models of tanks. So net net if they have had Uranium based rounds since '91, I think it would be incredibly hard to believe that most of their tank force is not using them as we speak for the original Svinets model and any t90 there would use Svinets-2. I think it's a bit crazy to worry on the health hazards as compared to shelling next to a Nuke plant there too, just as trusting Karzai on any statement is dubious. But hey, that's just me, keep up the reporting Stephen, we read it for a reason.
information on the series of shells and cannon is out there though, not sure if links are appropriate but
last time I checked, the Russians had been using DU rounds themselves since early in the 2010's, having published reports that it had been in use with a '16 report for "several years" and is already on the second iteration. how convenient to not point out the types- Svinets 1 and now 2. Let's cut the crap Stephen, I'd expect better out of you, it's not going to be a health hazard as much as a round penetrating a tank and ripping a human being to shreds.
Very informative.
It says something about Ukraine's perceived strategic situation that they are happy to have concentrated Uranium dust spread around what they claim is their countryside if it gives them some degree of a tactical advantage.
Ukraine gives another own goal proganda tool to Putin.
Russians standard anti-tank shell for the 125 mm is the Svinets series. To say whether they are using them in Ukraine considering how low they are on ammo is pretty self-evident- of course they are, they'd be stupid not too. And it's not just for the t-80's 125 mm, this works on every 125 mm cannon the Russians have put out since the t-64. The Svinets works on them and has been in service since '91. The 1 and 2 series were newer (1 was tungsten but designed to work with discontinued Black Eagle research tank) and work with the t-90 and any t-72 upgraded to that cannon. The newest set, the "vacuum" the 3bm59, is for the t-14's 125 mm, which also could be on the upgrade cannon list for the older models of tanks. So net net if they have had Uranium based rounds since '91, I think it would be incredibly hard to believe that most of their tank force is not using them as we speak for the original Svinets model and any t90 there would use Svinets-2. I think it's a bit crazy to worry on the health hazards as compared to shelling next to a Nuke plant there too, just as trusting Karzai on any statement is dubious. But hey, that's just me, keep up the reporting Stephen, we read it for a reason.
information on the series of shells and cannon is out there though, not sure if links are appropriate but
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125_mm_smoothbore_ammunition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2A46_125_mm_gun
You will also find China will probably capitalize on the series too, they are users of the 2a46 model cannon.
last time I checked, the Russians had been using DU rounds themselves since early in the 2010's, having published reports that it had been in use with a '16 report for "several years" and is already on the second iteration. how convenient to not point out the types- Svinets 1 and now 2. Let's cut the crap Stephen, I'd expect better out of you, it's not going to be a health hazard as much as a round penetrating a tank and ripping a human being to shreds.