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CAPTION: Eliza Wiley IR Staff Photographer - Chip Clawson of the Montana Depleted Uranium Education Project stands near the billboard he raised money to have installed for the month, in an attempt to increase public awareness of the dangers depleted uranium has on American veterans.

Original story from Helena Independent Record. This Webmaster feels this reproduction of this photo falls under "fair use" and would surely be pleasing to the subject of the photo and the creators of the billboard. Any objections may be directed to me, and I will consider them.

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This graphic is located on the Daytona Beach News-Journal site's Depleted Uranium Special Report. (Highly recommended reading.)

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These graphics are located on The Truth News.

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These graphics are located at Radioactive Consumer Products museum page of Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Depleted uranium weapons as inspiration for art:

"Uranium Civilization"
Reproduced in: The Art of Kareem Risan and the Uranium Civilization
Maymanah Farhat , Electronic Iraq, Jul 23, 2007

The following set of graphics wasfound at: http://cseserv.engr.scu.edu/StudentWebPages/IPesic/ResearchPaper.htm
It was part of an Engineering course research paper submitted at Santa Clara University by Iliya Pesic. (unconfirmed by this Webmaster)
All photo sources were listed in a bibliography, and those citations are reproduced here with the photos and captions written for the paper.
No attempt has been made (yet) to trace the original source of the photos or the accuracy of the captions.

This photograph most shows the different types of 120 mm DU tank shells. The two on the far left are high-explosive rounds. The pointed shells are kinetic energy projectile rounds.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/120.htm

Here is a quite extensive photograph showing a wide range of DU ammo, from 25 mm heavy machine gun rounds to 120 mm tank shells.
http://vzajic.tripod.com/3rdchapter.html#top

DU kinetic energy penetrator up close. The narrow contact area allows for huge transfer of energy on a small surface.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/120.htm

Also found here: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/fig02.htm

30mm DU penetrator
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/pgu-14.htm

120mm KE penetrator
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/120.htm

120mm HE penetrator
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/120.htm

Iraqi Soviet-made T-72 hit by 120 mm tank shell fired from M1 tank. Overkill?
deploymentlink.osd.mil/current_issues/du_use.shtml

"The M830A1 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) round, recently fielded for the M1A1 and M1A2 Main Battle Tank,
is a major advancement over its predecessor, the M830, which has been in the US inventory since the early '80s. "
Larger version here: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m830a1.htm

M1A1 Abrams Tanks were armed with 120 mm DU tank shells.
Many M1A1 Abrams were also upgraded with strong DU armor plating.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm

M2 and M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFVs) are armed with 25 mm DU ammunition.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m2.htm

A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft is a tank-busting/anti-personnel attack jet fully loaded with numerous 30mm DU rounds.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/a-10.htm

Photo showing personnel loading the A-10 with numerous 30 mm DU rounds.
http://members.aol.com/Stravonski/private/gun.html

AH-64 Apache helicopters fire a huge load of DU from their 30 mm cannon.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm

Another photo on the storage of depleted uranium. Storage of DU is often very difficult.
http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/

The following graphics were found at: Environmental Exposure Report - Depleted Uranium in the Gulf (II), a US DOD site. As such, they are considered public domain as far as I know.

Caption: Figure 1. Abrams tank and DU sabot rounds
(original file here)

Caption: Cutaway of DU sabot round
(original file here)

Caption: M1A1 tank lost to friendly fire
(original file here)

Caption: Dr. Rostker (Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses) in Kuwait's Iraqi Tank Yard
(orinal file here)

More photos from the same source are displayed here as inlined links.

Figure E-4. CIWS system

Figure E-2. 105mm DU sabot round

Figure C-1. Isotopic weight percentages in uranium forms

Figure F-1. Iraqi T-72 tank hit with DU sabot

Figure F-2. M1A1 tank engages a target

Figure F-4. CIWS in the Gulf

The following images are from this page: TAB I -- The Camp Doha Explosion and Fires (July 1991)
Several other photos from this page are not shown here.

Figure H-1. An M2 Bradley passes another Bradley destroyed by friendly fire

Figure I-5. Burned DU penetrator and sabot

Figure I-8. DU penetrators collected at Doha

Figure I-18. Unexploded DU rounds

Caption: Figure O-1. Schematic representation of intake, uptake and excretion
(original file here) (Found on this page)

Caption: Figure O-4. Estimated intake by a Level I crew member
(original file here)

Below are other various DU graphics with source notes given below each.

Nukewatch makes this anti-DU poster available. Click the graphic for a large PDF version suitable for printing.

DU graphic

available at: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/reprehensor/theytoldusitwassafe.jpg

Dr. Khajak Vartaanian, a radiation expert, holds a Geiger counter next to a hole in an Iraqi tank destroyed by depleted uranium weapons
in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. The shell holes show 1,000 times the normal background radiation level. (November 12, 2002)
From Seattle Post-Intelligencer

There are several other photos printed with the same article.

Iraqi cancers, birth defects blamed on U.S. depleted uranium

The following two images are on Getty Images' Web site. They are not free to use, and you'll need to buy them to get one without a watermark.
You can find them on Getty here or by searching on 'armor-piercing ammunition'.

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Caption: LEBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL - JULY 14: Israeli army tank crew load their Merkeva tanks with armor-piercing ammunition as they prepare for possible action against Hezbollah militants July 14, 2006 on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. Israel has stepped up its action against Hezbollah targets in an effort to drive the Islamic militants from the border and to force the return of two soldiers captured by the group in a cross-border attack two days ago on July 12. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Israeli DU shell, 2006
Found reproduced here: grassrootsconcord.org/du.htm
Caption: Lebanese Border, Najaroua, Israel - JULY 14: An Israeli army soldier carries armor-piercing ammunition as he loads his tank ahead of possible action against Hezbollah militants July 14, 2006 on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. Israel has stepped up its action against Hezbollah targets in an effort to drive the Islamic militants from the border and to force the return of two soldiers captured by the group in a cross-border attack two days ago on July 12. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Some more powerful images related to depleted uranium can be found using Getty's search feature. Hats off to Getty for providing the world with superb news photos of DU usage and providing informative captions. These images were all taken by Scott Peterson who also wrote several articles about DU for the Christian Science Monitor, which can be found here on the Media Coverage page.

A few examples:

Caption: DOURA, IRAQ - JUNE 30: Iraqi scrap dealers and looters take their haul away after scavenging the "tank graveyard" of Iraqi military hardware and vehicles created by U.S. troops June 30, 2003 in Doura, Iraq. Thousands of vehicles destroyed in the war have created a scrap heap, littered with unexploded ordnance including residue of American "depleted uranium" bullets. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Caption: BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 3: The telltale aluminum shell casing of an American 30mm Depleted Uranium (DU) bullet, lies, along with dozens of casings and bullets, on the ground behind the Planning Ministry, a target of US A-10 Warthog aircraft, May 3, 2003 in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. The bullets remain "hot" with radioactive contamination. DU bullets have been controversial since they were first used in the 1991 Gulf War, though until this war they had never before been used in heavily populated urban areas. DU leaves behind a toxic and radioactive residue that experts say can be dangerous--in the US, by law, it must be disposed of in low-level radioactive waste dumps, and licences from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulate its handling. Some US veterans blame DU for Gulf War syndrome; Iraqis have for years alleged that 1991 DU use contributed to a spate of birth defects and cancers in southern Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Caption: BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 3: A radiation detector finds an exposed 3-inch Depleted Uranium (DU) tank round to be emitting radiation at nearly 1900 times greater than background levels, registering some 2.65 millirems per hour on the meter May 3, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. At this site, there are warning signs written by American troops to keep Iraqis away from a series of burnt US ammunition trucks contaminated by DU bullets. Although some bulldozed topsoil points to a US clean-up effort, piles of DU ash and even an exposed, three-foot-long DU penetrator, still contaminate the site. DU bullets have been controversial since they were first used in the 1991 Gulf War, though until this war they had never before been used in heavily populated urban areas. Some US veterans blame DU for Gulf War syndrome; Iraqis have for years alleged that 1991 DU use contributed to a spate of birth defects and cancers in southern Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Forgot where I found this.

Nukephoto.com

Not DU, but interesting anyway.