User blog comment:JoeRamirez/Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Weapons Wishlist./@comment-92.4.187.233-20110409090900/@comment-922890-20110525015441

Dear everyone, do your research before posting. Depleted uranium (also known as DU) is mostly made up of the isotope uranium-238, which only emits alpha radiation. If you inhale it or get shot by it, it will give you cancer. However, it is not even radioactive enough to pierce a person's skin. It is used in armor-piercing tank rounds, as it is very dense. The M1 Abrams's armor is made of DU, sandwiched between plates of steel. Also, radiation doesn't mutate you.