Specific rounds, when they hit, splinter and disperse into the cavitation. Shards and shrapnel from the round end up in all sorts of interesting places.
No, that's a myth. Though it will fragment (more energy transfer, multiple wound chanels) more easily than other rounds. It was picked because it was light (can carry more ammo), fast (easier to hit) and someone had friends in high places.
Only after it had been adopted did the tendency to fragment become apparent.
5.56 was designed to bounce around internally, no? Or is that just an apocryphal story?
Specific rounds, when they hit, splinter and disperse into the cavitation. Shards and shrapnel from the round end up in all sorts of interesting places.
No, that's a myth. Though it will fragment (more energy transfer, multiple wound chanels) more easily than other rounds. It was picked because it was light (can carry more ammo), fast (easier to hit) and someone had friends in high places.
Only after it had been adopted did the tendency to fragment become apparent.
At muzzle distance depending on ammo FMJ would just whiz through at like 3k fps
Rifle rounds travel fast enough that they damage more than what the bullet hits.
Yeah, hydrostatic shock and all that.