Depleted uranium, however, is pyrophoric. On a side note, even steel and tungsten penetrators will mushroom on impact with armor. The infamous Teflon coated bullets where made of brass, and the Teflon was intended to help prevent ricochets at the velocities involved the Teflon helps the bullet "stick" to the surface vice deflecting.
Armor piercing means it has something other than lead, and much harder than lead, at its core, usually steal or tungsten, the copper jacket on lead core bullets is there to hold the bullet together on impact, Geneva convention requirement for military ammo, and prevent leading of the bore for high velocity rounds.
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