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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:26:10 -0400
From: Chris <daveb@one.net>
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Subject: Re: Gun specialists? What about *REAL* guns?
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the A10 warhog used 40mm rounds with deplited uranium to kill tanks

bong wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:45:50 -0400, John Wolanski
> <jpwolanski_removethis@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > the railgun is based
> >on a similar gun from the movie Eraser that shoots slugs of uranium
>
>  that's why you get a message "Mr. X erased Mrs. Y" when kill someone
> with the railgun! Glad to know this.
>
> >My roommate's dad said that some anti-tank
> >slugs are made from uranium as their weight provides greater impact
>
>  Yeah, I've heard that Americans have used BOMBS with tips "decorated"
> with uranium in Iraq. Poor Sadam. His tanks ( Russian ones, btw) were
> being smashed like cans...
>
> bong



