Look, I spent many weekends for 4 years straight camping on a bombing range that guess what, used DU ammo. I'm fully healthy. And the whole Gulf War Syndrome isnt caused by DU, otherwise almost the entire military would have problems associated with it. We shoot bullets and drop bombs in the same areas we have our military practice patrols and maneuvers.
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AFAIK tugsten is not toxic and does not contamine the ground water which is the biggest problem with DU
And tungsten works, the german army uses tungsten rounds, they are as effective as DU ammunition. But they are more expensive.
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The problem with tungsten is it's known to shatter when striking a tough object, instead of "slugging" itself through like lead or DU. Yeah it's great for anti-personel, but the only two things we use DU in are large caliber gatling guns (20mm+), and anti-tank kinetic rounds... and it's not like we use them for anti-personel so it doesnt help us.