Hi,
Warren wrote:
Depleted uranium, with its very high density, requires a great deal of
energy to get it moving. When tank armor stops it, all of the energy is
turned into heat, which essentially melts through the armor.
Ah yes, that was it! I had heard/read this explanation before, about the DU,
kinda like making its way through the tank by its heavy weight being forced
through the melting metal of the tank.
Once inside, melted steel and uranium are sprayed inside the tank--not a
photo moment to be sure.
I think the regular armour piercing projectiles also do this, right?
Then, Arni wrote:
http://www.warships1.com/W-Tech/tech-022.htm <- try this
Hahaha, excellent! :)
I had never figured that there would actually be a page about this!
Anyway, check out this sentence:
"The guns have a recoil slide of up to 48 inches and the shock is
distributed evenly through the turret foundation and the hull structure. The
mass of a 57,000 ton ship is just too great for the recoil of the guns to
move it. Well, theoretically, a fraction of a millimeter."
This is already what I figured. I too couldn't really imagine the recoil
being powerful enough to move a ship that's this big and heavy sideways by a
distance of a meter. Good, that question is certainly cleared up now.
Cheers!
Olafo
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