The bullets didn't penetrate into his lungs, or he definitely wouldn't have been smoking that cigarette.
Maybe from ricochets? 9mm rounds from a long distance???
I took a 7.62, 123 grain bullet in my left lower leg, right up against the Tibia.
I remember feeling a heavy "bump" on my leg as I was running up a dirt bank and a sharp pain, that lasted for an instant, but didn't have time to check it out under the circumstances.
About a half hour later, when things had settled down, my lower leg felt like someone had hit the shin with a hammer.
No blood at all, barely noticeable hole in my pant leg and when I lifted up the hem to check out the leg, there was what appeared to be a dark bruise with a lump in it.
The bullet must have been "hot" when it entered. The entry hole was sealed over and the bullet was lodged tightly up against the bone.
The fellow that acted as a medic, made a little cut with his knife, over the bulge and squeezed the bullet out like a pimple.
That really hurt.
The bullet had bits of flesh on it, that were not coming off, even though the bullet was still completely intact. It wasn't bright and shiny, like you see in the movies. It was almost black and the tip was bent to one side.
I don't think that I was the first thing that bullet hit. I believe it hit a branch or maybe the dirt bank before it hit me.
Whatever, that fellow with the hole in his arm and chest still had both of those bullets in him when that pic was taken.
I'm surprised the bicep muscle in his left arm wasn't bunching up and causing extreme pain, similar to a charley horse.
As for his chest?? Maybe lodged against a rib??
I'm willing to bet that hurt later.
