Photos in link, along with some fascinating information about .223/5.56 ballistics in human tissue.
Sounds like a police officer in Philippines accidentally shot him (details unclear). Evidently the surgeon who patched the guy up posted details about it (prairiefire). Victim kept his leg - which is pretty astonishing from the photos. He has some really interesting incites about the kind of damage to living tissue various kinds of ammunition does.
Simply put - I sure wouldn't want to get hit with a M193 5.56 at 20 yards from an M16 with a 20" barrel.
Description of photos: man in hospital geurney with entry and exit wounds to his thigh along with X-rays of the damage.
Very graphic - not recommended viewing at work or in front of squeamish.
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I keep pondering that for modern military applications since it's inception and acceptance as the NATO standard, it sounds like 5.56 is extremely devastating within 100 yards, given the amount of damage it does on account that it both yaws AND fragments. Conversely, the M43 7.62x39 round (the stuff all of us stockpile) doesn't tend to yaw or fragment at close range, tends to pencil through human tissue.
Sounds like a police officer in Philippines accidentally shot him (details unclear). Evidently the surgeon who patched the guy up posted details about it (prairiefire). Victim kept his leg - which is pretty astonishing from the photos. He has some really interesting incites about the kind of damage to living tissue various kinds of ammunition does.
Simply put - I sure wouldn't want to get hit with a M193 5.56 at 20 yards from an M16 with a 20" barrel.
Description of photos: man in hospital geurney with entry and exit wounds to his thigh along with X-rays of the damage.
Very graphic - not recommended viewing at work or in front of squeamish.
timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=17111.0
I keep pondering that for modern military applications since it's inception and acceptance as the NATO standard, it sounds like 5.56 is extremely devastating within 100 yards, given the amount of damage it does on account that it both yaws AND fragments. Conversely, the M43 7.62x39 round (the stuff all of us stockpile) doesn't tend to yaw or fragment at close range, tends to pencil through human tissue.
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who said the 5.56 lacks stopping power
