Depleted uranium also has a few other wonderful qualities - one is that it's self-sharpening, as the nose of the projectile will shear instead of deforming [0].

Depleted uranium also has a few other wonderful qualities - one is that it's self-sharpening, as the nose of the projectile will shear instead of deforming [0]. Another is that uranium burns in such situations, which means you get 'incendiary' for free. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staballoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staballoy