Test on Armour

DanHoward · 08-22-2012, 08:10 AM

Goats are apparently the closest human analogue for these sorts of tests. You don't need a corpse if you just want to measure flesh injury. Ballistics gel is well accepted for penetration and ballistics clay is used for blunt trauma. Those materials produce consistent and reproducable results. If you want to use corpses then you would need to test a large number of them and average the results.

08-22-2012, 08:10 AM	#6
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: Test on Armour Goats are apparently the closest human analogue for these sorts of tests. You don't need a corpse if you just want to measure flesh injury. Ballistics gel is well accepted for penetration and ballistics clay is used for blunt trauma. Those materials produce consistent and reproducable results. If you want to use corpses then you would need to test a large number of them and average the results. Last edited by DanHoward; 08-22-2012 at 08:15 AM.