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Introductory Concepts
Terminal ballistics is the regime that the projectile enters at the conclusion of its ight. It
has been delivered into its ight by the interior ballistician, pursued and guided through
its ight by the exterior ballistician, and now at its target becomes the responsibility of the
terminal ballistician. The basic objective of ring the projectile is to defeat some type of
target and we will study the widely varying phenomena of terminal effects that are the
tools of the terminal ballistician. These end effects are dependent on the design and mis-
sion of the projectile. The most common of the missions are as follo