Mozambique vs Mozambique 2.0

[Venom6]

Regardless of how or what you practice, we would do well to remember Chuck Taylor's dictum, "Ability degrades fifty percent in combat." Based on the debriefing of officers from an 800-man department over several years, plus my own limited personal experience, I believe it.

 

[AJ]

A data point of one. Anecdotal at best.

In Iraq, a member of the unit I was with shot a bad guy in the pelvis. Round deflected straight down and all of the individual's blood cascaded out of his body from the exit wound. All aggressive action stopped at the shot. He was dead by the time somebody made it up to check on him. This was a 5.56 round, so more damaging than a handgun.

Since then, I have considered the pelvis a viable target.

What was the member of your unit using? An M4 is using a 62 grain bullet moving at 2,900 FPS and tends to tumble when it hits. This will do more damage that most handguns. I would suggest that an artery was involved for him to bleed out that fast. The same could happen with a handgun.

 

[Chubbs103]

What was the member of your unit using? An M4 is using a 62 grain bullet moving at 2,900 FPS and tends to tumble when it hits. This will do more damage that most handguns. I would suggest that an artery was involved for him to bleed out that fast. The same could happen with a handgun.

M4. Entry wound was right of center from the shooter's perspective. Bullet deflected straight down. Based on immediate, dramatic blood loss, I suspect it shredded the femoral artery on that side.

 

[stansdds]

M4. Entry wound was right of center from the shooter's perspective. Bullet deflected straight down. Based on immediate, dramatic blood loss, I suspect it shredded the femoral artery on that side.

If the femoral artery is severed, life expectancy is reduced to mere minutes.