Talyn
SAINT
Documents found on one of Napoleon's young heavy cavalrymen who fell at the Battle of Waterloo reveal the history behind the mangled armor.
Soldier wounded by a cannonball
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Over Penetration - Caliber does matter
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Soldier wounded by a cannonball
HansGruber
Ronin
That’ll leave a mark…
TidalWave
Professional
Old_Me
SAINT
well, afterall, that IS what child labor made products will do...!!!!
Onewolf426
Professional
Hey, it was a through and through. Through him, and him, and him, and him. This is the reason for hollowpoints. Got to watch that overpenetration.
Wannabewoodsman
Custom
Army medic's prescription: 800mg of ibuprofen and drink water. Full duty
cico7
Custom
You always put the right shoe on first because there is always one left.
TidalWave
Professional
…you forgot “walk it out, soldier!”
TidalWave
Professional
Bassbob
Emissary
I'm pretty sure in a pinch I could make serviceable body armor out of crap you find at WalMart.
If that soldier was only wounded by a cannon ball he must have been the toughest sob ever to walk the earth because it looks like a basketball went through his chest plate.
HansGruber
Ronin
Man.
Imagine if that had been a HPCB (Hollow Point Cannon Ball)…
Imagine if that had been a HPCB (Hollow Point Cannon Ball)…
Recusant
Hellcat
A tactic at the time of our Civil War was to fire cannon balls that skipped across the ground into advancing lines of infantry. Solid shot cannon balls will ricochet, bound along for quite a distance, and although appear to be slow moving after the first few bounces, can still be lethal. There are ample accounts of soldiers seeing a rolling cannon ball attempting to stop it with their foot, resulting in severe injury. In many cases, gunners aimed to skip a ball through the enemy formation, as upon striking the ground, the ball will kick up sticks and stones which can injure or kill. A typical ricocheting cannon ball had the potential to skip along for hundreds of yards before coming to rest, and could kill or injure many soldiers.
Pitdogg2
Professional
It's just a flesh wound!!
