Wound Ballistics 12

Wound Ballistics 12

17 August 2012

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Subjects to be covered include, but are not limited to:

• physiological and psychological response to penetrating impact
• mechanisms of penetration
• modelling of wound formation / physical response
• comparison of real and simulated injuries
• laboratory re-creation of wounding
• the historical perspective

9 mm ammunition used for testing body armour

Based on Danielle Thomas' MSc thesis:

Thomas, D., Carr, D. J., Malbon, C. and Tichler, C. (2012). Within- and between-batch variation of 9 mm x 19 mm FMJ ammunition. Accepted for publication in AFTE Journal 44(3).