To: SwinneySwitch
What a horror.
How is it that a wound to the arm can be so severe it ruptures the heart and lungs, as described in the article? I'm not understanding something.
4 posted on
05/22/2005 7:27:54 PM PDT by
Capriole
(I don't have any problems that couldn't be solved by more chocolate or more ammunition)
To: Capriole
It said "through" his arm. I'm assuming it didn't STAY in the arm.
5 posted on
05/22/2005 7:31:37 PM PDT by
Brad’s Gramma
(Yo! Cowboy! I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
To: Capriole
Probably hit the arm then traveled through torso
6 posted on
05/22/2005 7:32:08 PM PDT by
Flavius
("... we should reconnoitre assiduosly... " Vegetius)
To: Capriole
How is it that a wound to the arm can be so severe it ruptures the heart and lungs, as described in the article? I'm not understanding something. When a high velocity round hits the brachial artery, the hydrostatic shock wave transmitted through the circulatory system can, indeed, injure internal organs.
Back before the U.S. Army (in its great wisdom) increased the rifling twist rate on the M-16 barrel, the bullets used to "tumble" when they hit flesh -- doing horrific damage of this sort. That is why the VC & NVA feared "that black rifle" so much at first...
10 posted on
05/22/2005 8:00:14 PM PDT by
TXnMA
(ATTN, ACLU & NAACP: There's no constitutionally protected right to NOT be offended -- Shove It!)
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