Uranium Weapons

Around 20 countries are thought to have DU weapon systems in their arsenals. Nations known to have produced these weapons are: UK, US, France, Russia, China, and Pakistan. Many of the remaining user states were sold DU ammunition by the US or are thought to have inherited it following the breakup of the USSR.

The vast majority of DU ammunition falls into the category of large calibre tank ammunition (ranging from 105mm to 125mm). Much ammunition of this type could theoretically be fired from tanks of other nations; while it is difficult to prove or disprove the presence of DU ammunition in national inventories, producer states do not appear to have widely exported their ammunition.

DU Ammunition which does not fall into this category includes 25mm and 30mm rounds fired by US Bradley Fighting Vehicles and A-10 aircraft, 25mm rounds for the Phalanx ship defence system (now mostly phased out in favour of a tungsten round), some variants of the Russian R-60 air-to-air missile.