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Wound Ballistics
Until this point we have dealt with the penetration of projectiles into inanimate objects.
One of the more distressing aspects of ballistics is the fact that it is used against living
creatures. This is not meant to imply that hunting is good or bad, but simply that there are
instances when people, intentionally or not, re weapons at other people or animals and
the effects of the bullet impact must be understood.
When a projectile is red at a living creature, some amount of incapacitation is desired.
If a projectile is of the nonlethal type, trauma to the target must be minimized and either
a uid must be injected, the ...