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Old 02-19-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KegRiver View Post
I did hear stories about soldiers being killed without ever being hit by the bullet. Story goes that the shock wave of the high speed bullets used now destroys the brain if the bullet passes close enough to the head.
I thought it was BS, but maybe not.
You were right Keg. It's BS, at least for small arms fire. It just makes a "crack" noise from breaking the sound barrier like the sound a whip makes.
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