Dick Hertz's definitions

silver bullet

(military) armor-piercing shell made from depleted uranium, so called for its almost magical accuracy and lethality

The diaperheads tried to counterattack with tanks north of Um Qasr. Several of Bravo Troop's tanks were on the crest of a hill and one got five confirmed kills at ranges of over three thousand meters. Even at that range, a silver bullet goes through a T-62's glacis plate like it's not even there.

by Dick Hertz May 8, 2003