AFTE Store - Wound Ballistics

Causes of gunshot wound severity is discussed. Author relates amount of kinetic energy lost in a body that determines the severity of the wound. Four factors in amount of kinetic energy lost by a bullet. 1) Kinetic energy possessed at time of impact, 2) Angle of yaw at time of impact, 3) Configuration and construction of bullet, 4) Density and character of tissue impacted.