AMMUNITION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PART 2 - DATA OBTAINED FOR BULLETS PENETRATING TISSUE SIMULANT (ISSUED IN TWO UNNUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 40874
• Author(s): W J BRUCHEY; B RICKTER; B IZDEBSKI; J HAYNIE; H OFFNEY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 925 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Commerce; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT ON A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDY CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE HUMAN INCAPACITATION BY HANDGUN BULLETS.

Abstract

AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEARLY ALL COMMERCIAL HANDGUN BULLETS WAS MADE. PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT ARE DATA RECORDED FOR EACH BULLET AS IT PENETRATED THE GELATIN TISSUE SIMULANT AS MEASURED BY FLASH X-RAY AND HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB