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In article <1993Jan9.020633.27313@netcom.com> damiel@netcom.com (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes:
#In <JGM.93Jan8153039@vegas.cs.brown.edu> jgm@cs.brown.edu (Jonathan Monsarrat) writes:
##Sometimes in television or movies (such as "The Terminator") I
##see someone getting thrown back by the force of a bullet hitting them.
##As far as I can guess from physics, bullets don't have enough mass to
##do this, even if their entire velocity was stopped against a kevlar vest.
##Am I wrong?
#no.
#
#what you see in the movies is pure fiction. in real life, the only reason
#a person gets "thrown back" by the force of a bullet hitting them is by 
#their own volition, i.e. they expect to be knocked backwards, so they
#comply.

or the shock or insdtability of posture

#a 10mm round hitting you has enough energy to "knock you back" about one inch.
#curiously, this is about how far back the shooter's mass is pushed by the 
#xrecoil.
#
#gee, i wonder if there's a connection?  %^)
#

i saw a neat demonstartion in a movie about guns. was moderated by some fbi guy and started out with demonstartions of various calibers. at one point, a guy
from some company making bullet proof vests is introduced. he shoots himself with a .44. interestingly he puts a phonme book beneath the vest. this is not to stop the bullet, but to stop the knife like dent in the kevlar made by teh bullet. while the bullet will not kill you, the dent might. there havce been various
experiments on this subjects.

anyway, after this the moderator takes a shot at the guy with a .308, they're
about 2 feet apart. he then explains why the target went back as far as the shooter. pretty neat demonstration.



cu
-pete



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