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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But they could cut a pattern into layers of stamped steel and fill nearly 100%

I have no idea how that would change it's effectiveness to spread the material, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have no idea, I’m just a guy rooting for Ukraine through any means necessary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But they could cut a pattern into layers of stamped steel and fill nearly 100%

This munition is designed against hard targets (vehicles, etc) not necessarily personnel. Stamped steel would likely just splatter to pieces against hardened targets. Tungsten (72 on the periodic scale) is very dense, much more so that steel. That density means more kinetic energy gained from the dispersal explosive, and much greater penetrating power.