Weapons with DU

Flinty997

Which weapons in use today still use deleted uranium. The only one I know of is the A10s' Cannon.

There some suggestion that some bunker busters and cluster bombs use them. But I can't any reliable links to confirm this.

Doubt anything uses deleted uranium - but depleted uranium is still a thing in the  GAU-12 Equalizer cannon mounted on the AV-8B (US version of the Harrier) and the M197 carried by the AH-1 Cobra gunship (helicopter). The UKs' Challenger 1 & 2 tanks uses sabots with a discarding plastic sleeve and a DU core ... most MBTs will/can use DU in penetrator shells as distinct from HE or 'old fashioned' AP rounds.

It's likely anything designed for use as a 'penetrator' will use DU but these generally will be propelled - I don't think DU is used in a free fall bunker buster, they tend to use a conventional explosive like tritonal (80% TNT/20% Aluminium powder).

ancientmariner

The material you refer to is DEPLETED URANIUM. It is a residue product not as radio active as it's source. Used in tank and vehicle busting ammunition in a ratio of 5 to 1 HE round. It has been used as ship ballast but in it's ammo role it has a residual contamination effect on the earth and products grown therein. Decontamination is necessary in areas of traffic and concourse. Personnel operating in areas contaminated by DU for up to two weeks can develop serious radiation consequences to bodily functions. it was used in IRAQ with warnings via dropped local language fliers. Not sure if it is still in use given the collateral damage to possibly own forces and creates a big clean up if territory where it was used has to be occupied.

Victor

It is primarily used as a kinetic penetrator in the anti-tank role, but is useful against most armoured targets. The kinetic penetrator part is important - it uses it's mass and speed to cut through the target, not the explosion used in a high-explosive round.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Military_applications

https://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/DUflyer.pdf

USA:

Various 20mm, 25mm and 30mm cannon rounds.

105mm and 120 mm tank rounds.

Nuclear weapons.

USA - former uses: possibly some (anti-tank?) hand grenades and land mines. Some high-explosive rounds are reputed to contain DU, however I suspect this isn't the case - that SMAW-NE uses aluminium powder. I'm not sure how the Hellfire would have a DU shaped charge - I had thought that shaped charges were dependent on using softer metals like copper, but that might not be the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_153_Shoulder-Launched_Multipurpose_Assault_Weapon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire

USSR / Russia, possibly others:

115mm and 125mm tank rounds.

China, France, Germany, India, Pakistan and UK appear to also produce DU rounds - I imagine most of these are tank rounds. Switzerland may have produced some rounds. Bahrain, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkiye appear to have access to rounds. Iraq and Kuwait might have rounds.

https://www.nuclear-free.com/uranium-atlas-article/articles/uranium-weapons-du-short-for-war-without-end.html