Great Britain will send armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium to Ukraine, which will be used by a squadron of modern tanks donated by the British army, writes declassifieduk.org.

“In addition to providing Ukraine with a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks, we will provide ammunition, including armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium,” said Baroness Annabelle Goldie, Secretary of State for the British Ministry of Defence.

“Such projectiles are very effective for destroying tanks and modern armored vehicles,” she added in a written answer to the deputy’s question about depleted uranium projectiles.

In January, an official representative of the Biden administration refused to say whether the Bradley fighting vehicles delivered to Kyiv will also be equipped with 25 mm armor-piercing ammunition made of depleted uranium, according to The Intercept.

One reporter noted that the munitions help the Bradley be a “tank killer,” as Pentagon officials put it, but a U.S. official declined to say whether they would be equipped with depleted uranium munitions, saying “I’m not going to go into the technical details.” .

We should also note that the modern version of the Abrams M1A2 tank, which Ukraine will receive from the USA, has composite armor reinforced with depleted uranium.

Depleted uranium is a very dense metal, and the denser the projectile, the more impact for a given size. This metal is almost twice as dense as lead, making it very suitable for military use.

Uranium is “pyrophoric”: it burns and turns into steam at the point of impact, so the projectile remains sharp. When it penetrates the armor, the burning projectile turns the interior of the car into an inferno of gases and flames, reports The Guardian. Guardian.