Wound-Dynamic Studies in Australia

Abstract

As part of the Australian programme of studies in wound ballistics, a facility has been developed at the Materials Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Victo- ria, in which the phenomena associated with the penetration of bullets through tissue simulants can be investigated. This paper outlines the development pro- gramme and describes a recent series of comparative firings of 7.62-mm and 5.56-mm ammunition into gelatin tissue simulant.