Shooting Depleted Uranium rounds - DUDS 7.62x51mm

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  • @Renaissance_Kamikaze
    @Renaissance_Kamikaze Год назад +2458

    You are a real Chad for this,I recently cited one of your videos in a uni essay, my prof was really interested in your PDW tests, said they count as a reliable source.

  • @LieutenantDangleBerries
    @LieutenantDangleBerries Год назад +1181

    I love the subtle flex of “nothing being beyond my reach” while not mentioning that Gyrojet 😂

    • @bman296
      @bman296 Год назад +60

      He better watch out Hererra is wanting one of those

    • @cagneybillingsley2165
      @cagneybillingsley2165 Год назад

      the recent apache crash was both a warning to oxide and a test run in case he didn't heed the warning. the deep state is scary

    • @alfonsedente9679
      @alfonsedente9679 7 месяцев назад +6

      I bet THIS GUY has ak50

    • @v3700
      @v3700 2 месяца назад

      @@bman296 some would call this foreshadowing

  • @misterpanzo
    @misterpanzo Год назад +1554

    Other RUclipsrs: "We'll test how the APFSDS fired from a tank affects the human body...".
    Ben: "Hold my beer...".

    • @alphateam6580
      @alphateam6580 Год назад +16

      There is literally a Garand Thumb video in my recommended testing exactly that

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich Год назад +38

      ​@@alphateam6580duh that's what op was referring too. it's almost like people who watch garand thumbs content are more likely to also watch this content . Who would have figured

    • @eggyballsteabagsgtfo9988
      @eggyballsteabagsgtfo9988 Год назад +8

      @@jacobkudrowich But they didn't test APFSDS, the rounds they fired most likely are HE, APHE, APDS

    • @ShibbyMcCleud
      @ShibbyMcCleud Год назад +21

      @@eggyballsteabagsgtfo9988 Nah, they fired solid steel rounds. Drive Tanks doesn't use ammo that would be classified as destructive devices.

    • @beardofkaos
      @beardofkaos Год назад +1

      APFSDS-T ….Goose! (Haha) I was DU heavy during the invasion.

  • @dubmeisterxd2133
    @dubmeisterxd2133 Год назад +1020

    congrats on being the first youtuber to test nuclear weapons on your channel!

    • @joshuakuehn
      @joshuakuehn Год назад +48

      Oh shit

    • @reaper_exd7498
      @reaper_exd7498 Год назад +47

      Bro i hope he kept tabs on how many rads he exposed himself to. That counter going off means the rounds are leaking radiation. Geiger counters dont go off for no reason. I used to do industrial xrays for the army and had to be trained and heavily educated on radialogical and radiation substances and devices. The fact that the geiger counter is going nuts should've been proof enough to not handle this crap. Enjoythe accelerated gene mutations and cellular death. If you crossed the threshold for safe levels you'll know pretty soon. Like a few weeks soon. You'll start getting rashes, random fever, and your skin may even start to randomly boil (the cellular death i was talking about.) These are never safe to use or handle, and the only reason they would say it's safe is so they wont have to payout for your treatments and funereal expenses. Depleted Uranium was never safe to fire! Ever!

    • @Mystic_Void
      @Mystic_Void Год назад +62

      @@reaper_exd7498If its alpha radiation like he said at the start it has no penetration power. Even with the paper masks fitted properly you would be safe from inhaling them.
      Also reaching the threshold for radiation is pretty difficult unless you handle it every day.

    • @raisin8051
      @raisin8051 Год назад +1

      @@Mystic_Void not true, paper masks won't do anything at all to filter out the burnt depleted uranium currently sitting happily in his lungs. He'd need at least a p100 mask to filter out the biggest of debris but that'd really offer no protection when compared to the proper NBC-77 mask to really filter out the radiological gasses because *it burnt*

    • @tonnynguyen390
      @tonnynguyen390 Год назад +34

      @@reaper_exd7498 an xray probably gives a few hundred more times more radiation than the amount of radiation he recieved

  • @stahlhelmturtle9822
    @stahlhelmturtle9822 Год назад +826

    Oxide once again proves that his claim of owning all armor from everywhere was not just idle trolling

    • @UtubeH8tr
      @UtubeH8tr Год назад +25

      Bullshit until he owns a dragoon.

    • @m0nkey162
      @m0nkey162 7 месяцев назад

      what is that@@UtubeH8tr

  • @bluecordprecisiongrading2504
    @bluecordprecisiongrading2504 7 месяцев назад +70

    I got cancer for DU. It's not from the radiation. It's from the dust particles created during impact that are the danger when inhaled or ingested. As an 11B, I was regularly patrolling areas that had been hit with DU rounds. I was exposed back in 2003 and have had many health issues since. At my local VA, tumors were found in an MRI followed by 2 surgeries within 3 days of each other back in 2022. The surgeon believes they got all the tumors out. Time will tell. I've already been predeceased by several others in my task force from cancer

    • @LaserTractor
      @LaserTractor 7 месяцев назад

      Well it IS radiation.
      When it's in the solid form and you don't eat bullets - you are fine. Alpha can't penetrate skin.
      But when this thing shatters on impact and you breathe some of that radioactive "dust cloud" - this alpha is now inside of you. And it's dealing damage to dna (i.e. causing cancer)
      +it's a "heavy metal" and by nature it's poisonous to human body
      Idk...good luck, hope you will be well

    • @armywrench
      @armywrench 6 месяцев назад

      Oif1💩

    • @vicstalr
      @vicstalr 3 месяца назад

      Try the Carnivore diet my man. Dr. Chaffee MD has a lot of excellent information on how beneficial it is for managing and even curing such ailments. I wish you well

    • @zorngottes1778
      @zorngottes1778 2 месяца назад

      DU projectiles should be banned as a weapon of mass destruction. All the people in war zones, where military used DU projectiles get sick and not only this. It has genetic consequences. Look at the babys born in those areas. On top of that the DU micro particles go arround the world.
      I would not habe done this test, at least not without ABC protection

    • @z3ronotfund939
      @z3ronotfund939 2 месяца назад +1

      good luck then

  • @TheQuantumPotato
    @TheQuantumPotato Год назад +532

    Probably a bit late now, but you should definitely wear a respirator when firing these, especially at close range, and it wouldn't hurt to decontaminate yourself properly afterwards. Alpha particles are very easily stopped even by air, but if they're sitting inside your lungs, they're going to be emitting radiation right into the surrounding tissue, and in that scenario they're much more dangerous than a beta or gamma source, because the alpha particles are much bigger and carry much more energy. That huge plume of sparks about 10 feet from your face is made up of small particles of Uranium. U-238's half-life is 4.5 billion years, so as long as it's in your lungs, it's going to be emitting radiation.

    • @adrianflack6933
      @adrianflack6933 Год назад +122

      Not service related

    • @098Chris
      @098Chris Год назад +70

      came here to say this, along with gloves holy crap...

    • @michaelbaker8284
      @michaelbaker8284 Год назад +116

      I have no idea what he was thinking firing that close to the target.

    • @098Chris
      @098Chris Год назад +52

      a little more target separation would not have hurt the quality of the video

    • @BrownBabyJesus
      @BrownBabyJesus Год назад +77

      "Regardless of the risks" - yeah wait until the Leukemia kicks in and people are left debating if it was that marlboro light you smoked in college or that dumb video you made after ample doses of "It's called depleted for a reason!".

  • @steelgnome0110
    @steelgnome0110 Год назад +218

    "DU dust... don't breathe this"

    • @Eluderatnight
      @Eluderatnight Год назад +46

      I would be wearing a respirator and tyvek coveralls. Then everything in trash when done.

    • @Benny---
      @Benny--- Год назад +43

      "Your gulf war syndrome isn't service related." -VA

    • @dELTA13579111315
      @dELTA13579111315 Год назад +5

      That comment immediately put the music in my head lol

    • @redorchestra30
      @redorchestra30 Год назад

      @@Eluderatnight You could also stay away from that shit and don't touch it at all.

    • @hooviedoovie5220
      @hooviedoovie5220 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@Eluderatnightyou could vaporize all of the duds rounds that he was in ownership of, and ingest all of it. Your chance of cancer would go up an immeasurably small amount.
      These rounds made the meter go up to what sounded like about 300 counts per minute. That is NOTHING. Comically small activity.
      I'm a radiation protection technician. Trust when I say these bullets are more dangerous to you because they are heavy metal than because they're SLIGHTLY radioactive. So treat them the same as lead bullets and you're safe.

  • @OSlaughter
    @OSlaughter Год назад +484

    Holy shit 3870 fps?!?! Thats a really really hot one... I was nervous just watching you shoot it so I can't even imagine what it was like for you! And proper protection proves its point again, stopping those sparks! An astounding video as always, man!!!

    • @Danefrak
      @Danefrak Год назад +5

      A lot less mass so not so crazy imo

    • @cnlbenmc
      @cnlbenmc Год назад +16

      Well APDS rounds Are Known for their High Muzzle Velocity...

    • @Tonkatsu672
      @Tonkatsu672 Год назад +19

      Proper protection would have included a respiratory element.

    • @petterderter6354
      @petterderter6354 Год назад

      Don’t say the Lords name in vain

    • @glandhound
      @glandhound Год назад +1

      @@cnlbenmc that's like saying tomatoes are known for the color red. APDS is known for it's penetration, which it does by applying high velocity, high mass and a small impact point.

  • @pbdye1607
    @pbdye1607 Год назад +124

    I'd have probably added a KN95 or N100 respirator as well. Anyway, Adept can now say their plate will even stop DU rounds, so they come out ahead.

    • @sbreheny
      @sbreheny Год назад +25

      Yes - definitely the biggest hazard here is inhalation. I would have stayed considerably further away from the target or if I had to be near it, worn an N95 or similar.

    • @AdventureThroughLife
      @AdventureThroughLife Год назад +6

      @@sbreheny I hope you mean a proper n95 respirator and not an n95 mask.

    • @AT-xr8qh
      @AT-xr8qh Год назад +9

      The p100 half face respirators are the lowest I’d be willing to go

    • @pbdye1607
      @pbdye1607 Год назад +6

      @@AdventureThroughLife Anything would've been better than nothing.

    • @deltab9768
      @deltab9768 6 месяцев назад +2

      It’s weird we see a respirator in the video but I guess it didn’t fit under the visor? Maybe it would have been better to stand further back. I wonder how much uranium is on the inside of that mask now…

  • @AbokaseeRed
    @AbokaseeRed Год назад +113

    The Virgin "Bubba's Pissin' Hotloads" vs the Chad "Dr Terry's Lab samples"

  • @Maximus98351
    @Maximus98351 Год назад +71

    Lol a DUDs round a Gyro jet and some other ultra rare shit all in one video. How the hell does one acquire all that on an Army salary :D

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +64

      I'm always broke please donate

    • @Maximus98351
      @Maximus98351 Год назад +15

      @@Oxide_does_his_best Will do. If you get another couple of these. A subsonic test with these would be very interesting, if that is even possible with the bullet design. Given it looks like that round would have easily penetrated with almost 2000fps slower velocity than the factory ammo, I am super curios if such a material would actually make viable subsonic armor penetrating rounds.

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +30

      @@Maximus98351 it wouldn’t, it doesn’t have the mass on its own. At least I think. But donate anyway

    • @Jonah_k_Taylor
      @Jonah_k_Taylor 7 месяцев назад +1

      Quartermaster's Henchmen know.....

  • @grantharris467
    @grantharris467 Год назад +32

    This definitely would have been a good time to wear a respirator

  • @Br1cht
    @Br1cht 7 месяцев назад +20

    In Desert Storm they were quite clear that you shouldn’t approach even suspected places where they’d used DU without protection.

  • @cookieeboi_
    @cookieeboi_ Год назад +135

    I believe the 2000FPS value might be because of the plastic bit flying behind the projectile, misrepresenting the velocity of the projectile itself. happened to buffman range testing sabot round too, as seen in this video ruclips.net/video/xOF9El482Iw/видео.html

    • @BobbyMoran606
      @BobbyMoran606 Год назад +12

      FORSEN

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +46

      Possible but unlikely because the noise of the round and extra felt recoil on the second shot

    • @andremariaribeirodacunha3695
      @andremariaribeirodacunha3695 Год назад +1

      @@Oxide_does_his_best So now we measure speed with noise and felt recoil? With such precise instruments, might as well just get rid of the chronograph altogether, my man!

    • @wraithwyvern528
      @wraithwyvern528 Год назад

      Occasionally light-based chronographs will pick up the muzzle blast instead of the projectile if it's set too close.

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +8

      @@andremariaribeirodacunha3695 you weren’t there

  • @spencereagle1118
    @spencereagle1118 Год назад +264

    Absolutely astonished you didn't wear a respirator doing that, and or shoot it from a much great distance. The fact that fissionable material struck your visor would suggest you were actually exposed to particulate uranium oxide in the air around you.

    • @prodigypenn
      @prodigypenn Год назад +34

      It's depleted uranium. It's not fissiile, it's the leftover uranium after extracting the fissile U235

    • @uc5337
      @uc5337 Год назад +18

      So that makes it less toxic?
      Go do some research,

    • @prodigypenn
      @prodigypenn Год назад +48

      @@uc5337 didn't say nontoxic, just not fissile

    • @uc5337
      @uc5337 Год назад +4

      Really?
      That’s your response?

    • @prodigypenn
      @prodigypenn Год назад +28

      I'm not sure what you think I'm trying to say, but my comment pertains only to u238 and fission, nothing more

  • @luckyomen
    @luckyomen Год назад +182

    Fantastic, so glad Adept sponsored you to try out their amazing plates. Hope they sent you a helmet as well.

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +67

      They have!

    • @luckyomen
      @luckyomen Год назад +9

      Baller! I look forward to your heavy metal hijinks.

    • @BigManax
      @BigManax Год назад +4

      @@luckyomen hey, I was just wondering, what's your profile pic? It looks pretty cool :)

    • @luckyomen
      @luckyomen Год назад +5

      Magistracy of Canopus, Battletech. It's space Las Vegas the nation.

    • @BigManax
      @BigManax Год назад +3

      @@luckyomen thank you! ^^

  • @fawrun
    @fawrun Год назад +60

    Debleted Uranus :DDD

  • @naquis_arma
    @naquis_arma Год назад +94

    This is incredible. I didn't even know there was a way to make a DUDS rifle caliber, let alone own it as a civilian. This is my first video of yours I've watched, and I am already extremely interested in your content. Informational but also enjoyable. Keep up the fantastic work!

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 Год назад +16

      It's a cool and rare find. But I'm wondering where this guy went to look up the possible health hazards of freaking uranium dust, and them impacting steel just 5 feet away from your face. He was smart enough to know about alpha particles, but not smart enough to know that if they make it inside the body they'll kill you just the same as gamma rays would. I wouldn't trust this guy with keeping a gun pointed in _any_ safe direction, let alone keep it pointed away from people.

    • @aniquinstark4347
      @aniquinstark4347 Год назад +8

      ​@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88You're being incredibly dramatic

    • @steves578
      @steves578 Год назад

      @@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 you would have to inhale quite a bit of it for it to be lethal, even years down the line, its definitely not healthy long term, but realistically you would never be this close to the round on impact, remember, this round was designed to fired by snipers and marksmen, not from 4 feet away from a hard target.

    • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
      @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 Год назад +8

      @@steves578 Uranium's LD50 is low when compared to other radioactive elements, especially shorter lived ones. But it would only take a small amount to give you radiation sickness and a far higher likelihood of cancer. And you can't undo the damage.

    • @steves578
      @steves578 Год назад

      @@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 this is true, and like I said, definitely not healthy, but still not nearly as fatal as other radiation.

  • @Hoplopfheil
    @Hoplopfheil Год назад +19

    Oh good, Oxide is still alive!
    Well, for now.

  • @saltysteel3996
    @saltysteel3996 4 месяца назад +7

    When that uranium got hot from impacting the target, your radiation exposure increased by a lot.

  • @irunoncaffeine2083
    @irunoncaffeine2083 Год назад +61

    I cant think of a more ringing endorsement for those plates. Buffman was awesome but this is next level.

    • @justinkase1360
      @justinkase1360 Год назад +6

      It hit 2 plates. As he said, it likely would have kept going if not for the backing plate.

    • @astronautindisguise
      @astronautindisguise Год назад

      @@justinkase1360 yeah, but he shot it with deleted uranium, good luck finding a plate to stack up to that.

    • @murmenaattori6
      @murmenaattori6 Год назад +12

      @@justinkase1360 Point is, it will stop tungsten core AP which deforms more upon impacting ceramic than depleted uranium does. There is a reason depleted uranium is used in tank sabot rounds.

  • @ErulianADRaghath
    @ErulianADRaghath Год назад +31

    Now that range will be forever "slightly" radioactive 😄very cool and devastating round

    • @21babydew
      @21babydew Год назад +14

      Everything is slightly radioactive this range is just a weeeeeee bit more. I'd be more concerned about the clothes getting showered in the first shot

    • @ErulianADRaghath
      @ErulianADRaghath Год назад

      @@21babydew Hot clothes 😉on a potentially hot dude 😂

    • @adamsmayor7111
      @adamsmayor7111 6 месяцев назад

      @@21babydew lungs

    • @CasabaHowitzer
      @CasabaHowitzer 6 месяцев назад

      @@21babydew The LD50 of natural uranium is about 14 mg/kg. I doubt there is anywhere near that much in those sparks and even less of it would actually enter the lungs.

  • @anaveragebullet3676
    @anaveragebullet3676 Год назад +35

    Amazing shit honestly, this round is crazy, and most impressive is how you got it

  • @levidavis6101
    @levidavis6101 Год назад +17

    I could probably just catch it in my hands tbh

  • @GhettoWorms
    @GhettoWorms Год назад +30

    Y’all are braver than me. I would be utterly terrified of inhaling strong alpha sources like atomized DU. Outside the body is safe, but inhaled or ingested alpha sources can kill you now and later.

    • @3rd.world.eliteAJ
      @3rd.world.eliteAJ Год назад +5

      You could shoot 30 rounds of this stuff and your "risk" of lung cancer wouldn't be higher than the average person living in Ohio.. Considering uranium miners inhale a lot more carcinogens daily and their median lifespan is only shortened by 10 years.

    • @resist_or_die
      @resist_or_die Год назад +7

      @@3rd.world.eliteAJ I agree, but it is worth pointing out that most Uranium mining is conducted with the ore in a frozen state, and the ore contains low concentrations anyway which is why refinement stages are necessary to dissolve it and precipitate it back out. More frequently miners are exposed to radon gas due to inadequate ventilation, which is far less hazardous, but not great. One of my patients was hit by spalling from DU penetrators striking DU reactive armor plating. When he got to me, he was so full of DU that it was difficult to get radiographs or CT scans since he was exposing the film and CCD arrays. Most of it was removed during surgery but some remained and in such small quantities it was deemed not to be much of a risk. Dangers associated with DU exposure are mitigated by radiosensitivity of the specific tissue, time, distance, and shielding. In this case, he had no distance, no shielding, but the amount of radiation emitted would (after surgery) be so low over such a long time period, and the area the peppering occurred was mostly muscle tissue far from the thyroid, eyes, and gonads, such that the potential for later complications was pretty low. Uranium risks are more nuanced than 'it kills you by existing' and DU is less risky, but I wouldn't go playing with it. The most hazardous thing he did here was get this close during firing because of the flame hazard and spalling.

    • @dutchsailor6620
      @dutchsailor6620 Год назад +9

      @@3rd.world.eliteAJ "only shortened by 10 years" implies that they all die premature.

    • @3rd.world.eliteAJ
      @3rd.world.eliteAJ Год назад

      @@dutchsailor6620 We got someone with reading comprehension here!
      Would you compare the exposure of radiation/chemicals of a uranium miner to the exposure of two DU rounds up close? Where one gives you a definite amount of exposure and the other from none - close to none.
      My point being that it took me just 3 minutes to read thru dozens of morons comments saying Oxide is about to drop down dead in the next 10 years unless he goes to a doctor IMMEDIATELY, without any clue or experience on the matter - and mind you, I am no expert or even associated with the field, but come the fuck on.. People really are just internet scientists out here..

    • @Isaac-ho8gh
      @Isaac-ho8gh Год назад +1

      @@3rd.world.eliteAJ imaging thinking that makes safety violations okay.

  • @jakobmax3299
    @jakobmax3299 Год назад +16

    Seeing those sparks just gives me shivers. Multiple square meters contaminated by radioactive material.

  • @user-nk7pv2es4e
    @user-nk7pv2es4e 6 месяцев назад +4

    Achievement unlocked: geting cancer in 10 years

  • @wonderwulf
    @wonderwulf Год назад +9

    If there was ever a time in your life to wear a respirator this was it.

  • @ethanknight664
    @ethanknight664 Год назад +16

    Just wanted to add when shooting sabot (especially old sketchy sabot) you should remove the muzzle device to prevent the petals separating early and causing damage. This is why modern MBT’s don’t have brakes anymore, and also why M2’s are rated to fire SLAP rounds but not Barrett M82’s

  • @reverse_pj3135
    @reverse_pj3135 Год назад +74

    Amazing video! The velocity on the DUDS rounds are extremely impressive.
    On a semi-unrelated note, a while ago the RUclips algorithm miraculously directed me to an obscure Austrian company called Ulbrichts whose two primary products are ballistic helmets (under Ulbrichts Protection) and car logos.
    Ulbrichts Protection (UP) have appeared to have designed their helmets with back face deformation in mind, but are accordingly heavy. UP offers 2 handgun-rated helmets, 3 rifle-rated helmets, a riot helmet, a SLAP-like Rifle-rated upgrade plate, 7 visors, 4 neck guards, and some miscellaneous accessories.
    Just wanted to put this company on your radar. Who knows, they might donate a helmet or two for an independent test.

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +43

      Ulbrichts is historic, and I've been wanting to test their stuff for a long time.

  • @biermann5614
    @biermann5614 Год назад +32

    Glad to see you could make this video. Great content as usual.

  • @WorldEaterTaz
    @WorldEaterTaz 7 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing. This was literally a topic to an argument I had. The person says only Tanks uses DU, lol.

  • @azisandwich
    @azisandwich Год назад +15

    Finally you did it you fkn madlad!

  • @hasselnttper3730
    @hasselnttper3730 Год назад +2

    I have no idea why you chose to lay so close without a respirator and disposable clothing. That's decently retarded. Even a tiny amount of dust can become a huge problem if inhaled, as it'll continue to bombard surrounding tissue with large alpha particles (and beta) until said tissue dies, becomes cancer, etc. Your clothes were also showered in DU particles, which I presume you'd bring back home with you. Some of that dust is probably in your car and/or house, ready to be kicked up & inhaled another time.
    But thank you for the test!

  • @Nothanksbuddy
    @Nothanksbuddy Год назад +17

    love your videos, I've learned a lot about the actual ballistic protection of body armor and especially helmets from watching your videos. There's so much BS and "elite operator" fudd lore surrounding ballistics and armor, and you really cut through that. If you have the time; id really love to see you test Adept Armor's metal helmet. They claim it can stop even 57, and its like 250 bucks. Looks super cool and would definitely buy one if it preforms the way they claim. Anyways, keep after it

  • @TacShooter
    @TacShooter Год назад +8

    "...nothing is beyond my reach..." as an MBA Gyrojet pistol comes into frame. XD

  • @maelradec7897
    @maelradec7897 Год назад +5

    Get out of there stalker!

  • @WayfaringMerchant
    @WayfaringMerchant Год назад +18

    he promised, and he delivered. what a gigachad

  • @j.b.victor
    @j.b.victor Год назад +43

    He actually did it. The madman.

  • @slive360
    @slive360 Год назад +25

    Nice video scary what a round like that can do and hopefully it won't come down to warzones being littered in depleted uranium in the future. It's a shame you don't get as many views/recognition as others on here while you give us some very informative tests. Keep up the good work!

    • @InspectahPatio
      @InspectahPatio Год назад

      Britain just armed Ukraine with DU rounds, I think right before you commented.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 Год назад

      @@InspectahPatio yeah, but AP shells has way less total weight then total mass of bullets in the warzone. Small arms ammo would case much greater contamination.

  • @gumelini1
    @gumelini1 Год назад +3

    Your lungs will now be radioactive for another 4.5 billion years.Good job😂

  • @BurchellAtTheWharf
    @BurchellAtTheWharf Год назад +7

    Takin the rapid onset of lead poisoning to a whole new level

  • @MultiSycorax
    @MultiSycorax Год назад +159

    I agree with these conclusions, in addition to an increase in AP capability it's use as anti materiel would be devastating

    • @glandhound
      @glandhound Год назад

      the problem is that you can't hit anything with it.

    • @parlinpap1
      @parlinpap1 Год назад +5

      Second problem is radiological soil contamination, or water contamination. Not to mention the risk of inhalation of radioactive particules by your own personnel or civilians.

    • @fort809
      @fort809 Год назад +2

      @@parlinpap1 since when has the army ever given a shit about exposing civies, soldiers or the environment to toxic waste? Remember the gulf war burn pits?

    • @kemphoss-4791
      @kemphoss-4791 Год назад +3

      @@fort809 They apparently give enough not to use these rounds...

    • @_wayward_494
      @_wayward_494 Год назад +2

      @@fort809 considering the use of burn pits have been scaled back, I think they give a shit now. Probably why the round is not used either lmfao

  • @risingsun9595
    @risingsun9595 Год назад +20

    Went from niche internet micro-celebrity playing tank game to niche internet micro-celebrity testing DU rounds and flying Apaches. Love ya Ox

  • @8454848
    @8454848 Год назад +8

    Thank you for the video. Take care as burning uranium results in uranium oxide particles that often have a mean dimension smaller than 2 microns. Highly suggest wearing a good CBR protective mask anywhere near burning depleted uranium. Particles smaller than 2 microns become permanently imbedded in lung tissue - alveoli. The problem is that while it is true that a piece of paper will stop this level of radiation - there is no piece of paper in your lungs. This results in the imbedded radioactive particles irradiating surrounding tissue for the rest of your life. This is particularly dangerous in the lungs as blood is continuously circulated through the alveoli - so the entire blood volume is potentially exposed to radiation. During the first Gulf War US soldiers were exposed high uranium oxide concentrations from burning depleted uranium while collecting souvenirs in the vicinity of burning Iraqi tanks.
    REF: VA
    Health problems associated with depleted uranium
    DU is a potential health hazard if it enters the body, such as through embedded fragments, contaminated wounds, and inhalation or ingestion. This is because U’s radiation, while of high energy, penetrates poorly through tissues in the body. Simply riding in a vehicle with DU weapons or DU shielding will not expose a service member to significant amounts of DU or external radiation.
    The potential for health effects from internal exposure is related to the amount of DU that enters a person’s body. Inhaled DU particles are likely cleared from the lungs over several years. DU fragments may remain for many years. Older studies in U manufacturing workers show high exposures to U may especially affect the kidneys.
    To date, in a group of Veterans exposed to DU in friendly fire events, there has been no health impact to the kidney noted, however, recent research shows there may be an association between elevated urine uranium in these Veterans and lower bone mineral density (BMD). The BMD results require further study to determine if they persist over time and researchers and clinicians continue to monitor the health of these Veterans.

    • @TheAmazingchickens
      @TheAmazingchickens Год назад +3

      Worth mentioning that the kidney damage mentioned is likely not due to any radiation effects but down to Uranium's toxicity.
      Uranium is a toxic heavy metal much like lead and has similar renotoxic and neurotoxic effects in both acute and chronic exposure. This is probably the main thing to be concerned about regarding individual exposure.

    • @LRK-GT
      @LRK-GT 7 месяцев назад

      Low-level LiveLeak, on RUclips.

  • @FarmerDrew
    @FarmerDrew 7 месяцев назад +4

    Smokin on that Potassium Iodide pack

  • @XBLHAX
    @XBLHAX Год назад +2

    i dint understand the distance here. it would have been safer/cooler at a distance but ok cool video.

  • @banza1
    @banza1 Год назад +20

    would have loved to see someone with a geigercounter to measure the radiation that is left over after shooting the round.

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +16

      I will follow up

    • @reaper_exd7498
      @reaper_exd7498 Год назад +2

      Bro, you need to not do this anymore unless you have precise geiger measurements. When soldier were issued these they were given geiger counters that were basically radiation sponges that would soak up rads similar to human flesh. These patches were then supposed to be sent back to a lab at HQ to make sure when to stop using said rounds. Unfortunatly most modern armies stopped using DUD rounds cuz this work was almost never done due to the fact that merely firing one round would expose you to the critical levels that should've put you in the threshold for removal from use of said rounds. In other words, Armies didnt want to pay out injury costs for cancer and radiation sickness so they lied. Also you should really get yourself checked out before doing this again. Also keep tabs on your hands and lungs for rashes, boils, and look out for a fever that never ends. You were really irresponsible here on so many levels. I pray for you man, you're playing with literal death for the clicks man. Be wiser!

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +1

      @@reaper_exd7498 we still use DU. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

  • @trashcompactorYT
    @trashcompactorYT Год назад +65

    this is legit the coolest ammo test ever put on RUclips, I've always wanted to see how effective small-arms DU is. Luckily DU is mostly an alpha radiation source and will naturally dilute into the environment over time, so likely not a radiological issue to let a few off out in the desert

    • @thyme4thought422
      @thyme4thought422 Год назад +11

      Weren't really high rates of birth defects attributed to these munitions in fallujah in the years after the US invasion? I'm sure all the burning diesel and debris didn't help either

    • @opairsoft8100
      @opairsoft8100 Год назад +27

      @@thyme4thought422 DU tank ammo is harmless unless you either A. Take a tank round to the body/vehicle or B. start poking around a destroyed vehicle that has been shot with a DU round relatively recently and start licking the metal dust that was left behind.
      Basically it’s harmless unless you get into your body.
      I don’t know if Oxide had more information, but I was much more concerned how close he was to the target when shooting due to the metal dust then any actual shrapnel coming back since that DU dust is much more of a concern then get some DU shrapnel in my limited knowledge/understanding

    • @jonathanpfeffer3716
      @jonathanpfeffer3716 Год назад +13

      @@thyme4thought422 There’s like 3 million things commonly found in war zones that could cause that.

    • @icantthinkofaname4265
      @icantthinkofaname4265 Год назад +2

      ​@@opairsoft8100 I've seen comments talking about studies purposely not being done bc the US government did not want any linkage.

    • @spencereagle1118
      @spencereagle1118 Год назад

      Dude, 'only alpha'? Alpha emitting particulates are extremely dangerous inhaled or ingested into the human body. 'Dilute into the environment over time'? lol it''s got a 4.5 billion year half life. Alpha radiation only emits a centimetre or so from the source through air, the big problem is when an emitting particle takes up residency alongside human cells, lungs, stomach. Alpha emitting polonium was used by the Russians to kill Alexander Litvinenko in London, safe for the operatives to handle, they dropped it in his tea, once ingested he was a dead man.

  • @thekommandokookbook8577
    @thekommandokookbook8577 Год назад +6

    3871 fps from .308 is fucking absurd. I never imagined these would be that fast.

  • @GModBMXer
    @GModBMXer Год назад +2

    Recommend for deer hunting ?

  • @dejansoknic560
    @dejansoknic560 Год назад +3

    Sir you are digging your grave.

  • @RogueSanta
    @RogueSanta Год назад +5

    "Nothing is beyond my reach"
    - Chad-tuber

  • @JustAverageJeff
    @JustAverageJeff Год назад +11

    Man that's so insane that's from a 7.62x51.

  • @jcodym13
    @jcodym13 Год назад +18

    I work at a place with high military traffic. Early-mid 20s kid came in to make a purchase, he was really nice, he was shaking bad the whole time while doing paper work and told me his handwriting might be awful as a result. I said no worries bro I completely understand, I have a really bad tremble in my dominant hand from a concussion from a car accident, I know your struggle.
    He told me it's never been an issue until the last year or two, doesnt have any genetic diseases, etc. I asked him if he has any idea what happened and he said he handles a ton of radioactive shit in the military. I forgot what his MOS is but he's essentially been Tanker since he joined as a teen, and does nothing but mess with tanks all day. Radioactive stuff like Depleted Uranium is an everyday thing for him (armor, tank shells, etc.) He said the military hasn't been much help in treating him but he's confident it's the radiation exposure. Scary shit dude!

    • @Oxide_does_his_best
      @Oxide_does_his_best  Год назад +12

      My money is jet fuel

    • @S0MBRX
      @S0MBRX Год назад +4

      "not service related"

    • @LRK-GT
      @LRK-GT 7 месяцев назад

      @@Oxide_does_his_best Knew someone *looking into* joining 'Fuels'. Finding out the birth defect rate for that work, made that a hard NO.

    • @nashrunner
      @nashrunner 7 месяцев назад

      @@Oxide_does_his_bestespecially because jet fuel still has lead in it

  • @Karza_357
    @Karza_357 Год назад +6

    I give it around 50/50 for the video to be up a week later.

  • @thenegociater3387
    @thenegociater3387 Год назад +2

    Man Oxide, please wear a respirator next time you shoot DU rounds at a hard target so close. It ain't worth it especially being a young guy.

  • @g.4279
    @g.4279 Год назад +12

    Wow, I can't believe you got your hands on these. Very impressive performance.

  • @TacticalBaguette
    @TacticalBaguette Год назад +2

    If I had a dollar for every person here commenting about the side effects of DU munitions, I could buy some myself

  • @RedEyesBDC
    @RedEyesBDC Год назад +14

    Way cooler video than what Garandthumb just posted

  • @skynat247
    @skynat247 Год назад +2

    It's a complete shame you didn't partner with the slo mo guys or kentucky ballistics or ANYBODY with a proper slowmo camera

  • @Volny47
    @Volny47 Год назад +5

    Uranium fever has done and got me down

  • @FlatRangeOperator
    @FlatRangeOperator Год назад +2

    ima dumdum

  • @cheesyfromindonesia9969
    @cheesyfromindonesia9969 Год назад +3

    Yep acceptable for home defence

  • @kolper6799
    @kolper6799 Год назад +7

    99.9% of guntubers- So here is me shooting some popular gun/modification on human target/generic armour
    0.1%- Hello Im Oxide.

  • @t3h51d3w1nd3r
    @t3h51d3w1nd3r Год назад +2

    “Regardless of the risks” there are still kids being born with severe defects and leukemia in Yugoslavia, Iraq and probably will be for some time, sure the rounds using need to hit something solid like steel before they get hot enough to vaporise but even some tank crew that have used them have gotten sick.

  • @KVJ1234
    @KVJ1234 Год назад +2

    that awkward moment when you can't afford a string, so you instead whip out your titanium helmet. wow.
    I hope you don't get lung cancer from the uranium particles that spread all over the area.

  • @undeadblackjack
    @undeadblackjack Год назад +3

    have you ever thought about backing up 10 yards or so before inhaling the radioactive spall?

  • @CyclicMac
    @CyclicMac Год назад +1

    God damm….

  • @maze4184
    @maze4184 Год назад +4

    so i guess this gets reintroduced around the same time powerarmor becomes available xD

  • @loquat44-40
    @loquat44-40 7 месяцев назад +2

    Spilled blood and discarded steel, copper, and even lead do not present the hazards of igniting high speed DU projectiles. DU is also used in Armor. It is fascinating to watch it being used in those two shots. And one can see just how dangerous it is to use in small arms ammunition.
    I am absolutely against it being used in future battles.
    The half life is extremely long and as a dust it is extremely dangerous to breathe in those alpha particles.
    ''The principal isotope in natural and depleted uranium, 238U, has a long half life (4.5 billion years) and primarily decays by alpha particle emission.'''

  • @sabian8700
    @sabian8700 Год назад +6

    Depleted Uranium feasible for future use? possibly.
    the thing is, you're using a 24 inch barrel rifle, firing it from a point blank distance.
    I wanna see this thing fired from an AR10, SCAR H, HK 417/MG3, FN MAG ect. Something in common infantry use with variety of barrel lengths, and fired from likely/variable combat distances of 10-30-50-100 meters.
    you can penetrate armor with a 20 inch barrel AR with green tip from about 10 meters already, but move far a bit and the armor does it's job.
    this thing could probably penetrate ceramic like ratnik from 10-30 meters, but put more distance or the barrel length and things could change.
    same with all penetration tests, a lot of them do not account for this.

    • @flcktphs
      @flcktphs Год назад +9

      This wasn't intended for ceramic, steel, or soft body armor. It was intended for use vs vehicles. Seems nobody here realizes.

    • @sabian8700
      @sabian8700 Год назад +1

      @@flcktphs he is implying that it would feasible for such use

    • @_wayward_494
      @_wayward_494 Год назад +1

      @@flcktphs the army isnt just gonna start issuing DU rounds to pen vehicles lmfao. Oxide said there could be a use for these rounds at the end of his video

    • @flcktphs
      @flcktphs Год назад

      @@_wayward_494 Maybe read what I wrote before you start replying? DUDS was developed for the purpose of penetrating vehicles from distances that regular 7.62 AP wouldn't do much at. Not shooting body armor from 2ft out.

  • @gagekieffer772
    @gagekieffer772 3 месяца назад +2

    "hey I have some DUDS lying around"
    "duds, that means they don't work, right?.... right?"

  • @ruthlessrubberducky5729
    @ruthlessrubberducky5729 Год назад +5

    You really need to partner with some youtubers who have crazy slow mo cameras the next time you test such rare and interesting ammunition. I really want to see in intimate detail everything that they do. Thanks for bringing us such rare treats!

  • @doghouse916
    @doghouse916 6 месяцев назад +2

    Just google images and see what effect DU had on unborn babies in Iraq. Congratulations on being book smart but completely ....

  • @GreatLoner
    @GreatLoner Год назад +3

    So these would be good against the T-800's when Skynet takes over.

  • @terrance_huang
    @terrance_huang Год назад +1

    you are savages 😆😆 shooting Depleted Uranium rounds without a highspeed camera. not even a gopro running 480fps

  • @LaputanMachad
    @LaputanMachad Год назад +3

    What? It's just an ordinary 7.62- OH MY GOODNESS

  • @dhooter
    @dhooter 10 месяцев назад +2

    Respirators usually don't work unless you wear them. From my experience anyway lol 👍

  • @SRad01
    @SRad01 Год назад +4

    Now do the same test with the WW2 German SMKH round. Great content.

  • @danspicer79
    @danspicer79 Год назад +1

    You do know that U 238 (depleted Uranium) not only emits alpha particles but is also a toxic heavy metal. The BIG problem with U 238 is not that the alpha particles will penetrate the skin, as they won't even penetrate paper. The danger lies in the fact that once INSIDE the body, tissues are constantly bombarded with radiation. Alpha particles, although not possessing the high energy of beta and especially gamma radiation, are quite large in comparison. This means the odds of them coming into contact with and passing through tissue is very high. This insures that damage is certain, as is the death of that organism. Those that were physically involved with this 'experiment' most likely were poisoned. Look up (Fallujah Iraq/ depleted Uranium)

  • @lptomtom
    @lptomtom Год назад +10

    Can't believe he actually shot those, what a madman... What's he referencing at the end about his name being in the news?

    • @PaletoB
      @PaletoB Год назад +16

      Source ABC News (regarding the US dokument leaks): "Vahki described Teixeira as a "Christian," with politics that were "Libertarian at most." The pair first met on a server for fans of the RUclipsr Oxide, who posts videos about weapons and the military. Oxide, who did not disclose his real name, told ABC News that he remembered banning Vahki and Teixeira from the community years ago for repeatedly posting racist memes.."

    • @mattfleming86
      @mattfleming86 Год назад

      ​@@PaletoB Thanks for the info. I had no idea what was going on.

  • @arapahoetactical7749
    @arapahoetactical7749 Год назад +2

    I can appreciate your scientific method for the most part, but I think you're way too close to be getting reliable results from a Discarding Sabot round. The Sabot needs time and distance to shed. By the looks of the entrance holes, the sabot was still attached to the core when it hit and that has a dramatic effect on its terminal ballistics.
    From a safety aspect you are also Way Too Close. That target should have been at least 100 yards away and even then, a good tail wind would be nice. If you are taking burning DU to the face shield, you are too close.

  • @BuffRANGE
    @BuffRANGE Год назад +3

    Bravo! Good Show! This is an awesome data.

  • @GlockGlock18
    @GlockGlock18 Год назад +1

    Im arab and i clicked on this Video. Am i gonna get Hunted now?

  • @jobelplayedminecraft3700
    @jobelplayedminecraft3700 Год назад +9

    police armed with depleted uranium rounds is such a dystopian concept

  • @TeensierPython
    @TeensierPython Год назад +1

    Wish you would have been able to work with some of the slow-mo people to get some fantastic slow motion video.

  • @aymanayad7230
    @aymanayad7230 Год назад +3

    we have peaked

  • @PhatPhinx
    @PhatPhinx Год назад +1

    nah bro getting that alpha special, why not back up a few meters jesus

  • @berryreading4809
    @berryreading4809 Год назад +6

    Touching on the news... Small world huh?! Hope that isn't causing a huge mess with your new career, even though you had absolutely nothing to do with the actions of that moron on a completely different discord 🤦‍♂️ Best of luck Oxide 👍

    • @TheGreatAzer
      @TheGreatAzer Год назад +3

      I still don't get what happened on the news. I don't stay up to date with that stuff.

    • @Tr4wnet
      @Tr4wnet Год назад

      what happend?

    • @TacticalBaguette
      @TacticalBaguette Год назад

      @@TheGreatAzer Some kids that were part of his discord a while ago started their own discord and one of them used their intelligence position in to leak classified documents onto it

    • @TheGreatAzer
      @TheGreatAzer Год назад +1

      @@TacticalBaguette I heard of the users leaking stuff but I didn't know they were part of Oxide Hub at one point . I should've guessed though.

    • @hansmadani8687
      @hansmadani8687 Год назад +2

      from abc news article, "The pair first met on a server for fans of the RUclipsr Oxide, who posts videos about weapons and the military. Oxide, who did not disclose his real name, told ABC News that he remembered banning Vahki and Teixeira from the community years ago for repeatedly posting racist memes."

  • @jjarechiga
    @jjarechiga Год назад +9

    Make sure to bring a respirator and place it facing forward the impact, so that it catches all the bad stuff on the inside of the respirator.

  • @azbag1906
    @azbag1906 Год назад +2

    Why are you so close to the target😂

  • @Zoraxon
    @Zoraxon Год назад +5

    Absolute delight of a video, thank you for sharing it with all of us! Been eagerly awaiting this after seeing it teased in the 9x39 video!

  • @ronmoore6598
    @ronmoore6598 10 месяцев назад +1

    Why didn't he just trigger the rifle with a string?

  • @raimsdayer4488
    @raimsdayer4488 7 месяцев назад +3

    -1hp,-1hp,-1hp,-1hp,-1hp

  • @WarDogMadness
    @WarDogMadness Год назад +4

    Nice, freaking amazing result dude.

  • @SgtMoss
    @SgtMoss Год назад +1

    Next episode: We’ve acquired an original Davey Crockett warhead and will test it against Russian T90 both accidentally issued to the United States Postal Service

  • @Pbairsoftman
    @Pbairsoftman Год назад +3

    Did it taste good though

  • @andreasr6632
    @andreasr6632 Год назад +1

    You know you could just pull the trigger with a bit of paracord from a a safe distance.....