Ballistic Review Questions

Anthony Semedo              10/27
Ballistics Review Questions

1.Ballistics is the science of mechanics that deals with the launching, flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles.
2.The difference between interior and exterior ballistics are pretty simple.Exterior ballistics is the study of projectiles in flight after the barrel & interior ballistics is the study of the projectiles within the firearm.
3.Terminal ballistics being the study of the projectiles interaction with a target & Wound ballistics the study of the terminals effect on a human or “target”.
4.The further the range of the shot the less energy to the projectile.
5.The position of how a firearm is fired affects many things, one being the terminal ballistics.How the gun is positioned affects where the bullet will hit and what it will do after getting its target.
6.It would be important to determine the sequence of shots because all bullets cause different amounts of damage and different wound ballistics.
7.Trajectory:The arched path that a bullet flows through flight.
Perforate:To pass all the way through a target.
Penetrate:To enter & stay into a target.
8.Factors that should be considered when shooting at a target are the 2 main forces acting on it, the forward force from gunpowder and downward force of gravity.
9.Dowels strings and lasers are used to find angles and a possible direct location of a shooter in a case.
10.The greater the mass of a projectile the greater the energy.