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  2. Ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, ... meaning "to throw". Projectiles ... careful design, testing, construction and use minimizes ...

  3. Forensic firearm examination - Wikipedia

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    The first was the Drugfire system which was used by the FBI. The second, the IBIS (Integrated Ballistic Identification System) was created by Forensic Technology, Inc. and eventually bought by the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in 1993. The FBI and ATF realized that their systems would not work together, and they needed to find a way to ...

  4. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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    Test Standards now define how many shots must be used to estimate a v 0 for the armor certification. This procedure defines a confidence interval of an estimate of v 0. (See "NIJ and HOSDB test methods".) v 0 is difficult to measure, so a second concept has been developed in ballistic testing called the ballistic limit (v 50). This is the ...

  5. Bulletproof vest - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) in MultiCam, as issued to United States Army soldiers. A bulletproof vest, also known as a ballistic vest or bullet-resistant vest, is a type of body armour designed to absorb impact and prevent the penetration of firearm projectiles and explosion fragments to the torso.

  6. Small arms ammunition pressure testing - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] The Kistler ballistic pressure measurement sensor 6215 has a maximum working pressure of 600 MPa (87,023 psi) and is mounted recessed inside the cartridge case (the face of high-pressure sensor does not contact the cartridge case) and requires that the test cartridge case have a hole drilled in it prior to testing. The test ...

  7. Ballistic gelatin - Wikipedia

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    Photo of synthetic ballistic gelatin showing terminal fragmentation of a .243 projectile. Ballistic gelatin is a testing medium designed to simulate the effects of bullet wounds in animal muscle tissue. It was developed and improved by Martin Fackler and others in the field of wound ballistics. It is calibrated to match pig muscle, which is ...

  8. Russia will keep testing new ballistic missile, Putin says - AOL

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    President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will continue to test and start mass-producing the hypersonic ballistic missile that it fired at Ukraine Thursday.. The experimental strike ...

  9. NATO EPVAT testing - Wikipedia

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    NATO EPVAT testing is one of the three recognized classes of procedures used in ... The Service Pressure is defined as the mean pressure generated by the Service ...