bladeracer wrote:Blr243 wrote:Fmj to me is military ammo designed to wound soldiers effectively taking out three men because it takes two of his mates to carry him out of there. ...bullets punching straight thru deliver most of their energy to the big ironbark tree standing behind the deer instead of the deer
Military ball is not "designed to wound", millions of people killed during WW2 can attest to their killing effectiveness, when placed in the right part of the target. Soldiers aim to kill the enemy, not wound them. A wounded man can be useful as a tactic to allow the killing of more of the enemy, either while they're distracted by him, or while they change their focus to recovering him rather than killing you, but the goal is always to kill the enemy - that is what you carry all that FMJ ammo around for.
With technology, bullets became actively designed to make bigger and deadlier holes in people than ball had traditionally made. Most militaries didn't bother pursuing these advances as FMJ ball ammo killed the enemy perfectly effectively already, it was cheaper, they had plenty of it, and the vast majority of losses in combat were not made with smallarms anyway.
Modern FMJ military bullets are designed to kill, not to wound.
Incorrect on all counts.
FMJ is explicitly designed to wound. Look up the specs.
