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Noun Concept
Categories: Ballistics
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hydrostatic shock  Fluid-dynamic shock  Shock effect
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Hydrostatic shock is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile can produce a pressure wave that causes "remote neural damage", "subtle damage in neural tissues" and "rapid incapacitating effects" in living targets. Wikipedia
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Hydrostatic shock is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile can produce a pressure wave that causes "remote neural damage", "subtle damage in neural tissues" and "rapid incapacitating effects" in living targets. Wikipedia
A hypothesized phenomenon by which pressure waves from a high-speed projectile entering a victim cause injury away from an entry wound Wikipedia Disambiguation