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<blockquote data-quote="slingbld" data-source="post: 1425161" data-attributes="member: 13229">Actually whne talking about the stopping power of firearms it's referring to the system shock caused by the sudden displacement of tissue. A bullet can do quite a bit of damage &amp; shock. Now when you look at a large, leathal melee weapon such as a longsword. The actualy amount of tissue damaged by a blade passing through a human is substantially more than that of a bullet. The speed of the sword does not cause the massive displacement but the volume of damage the sword causes can generally be considered enough to make up for the lack of the shock. Also to consider, a slashing weapon (like a falchion) can cause a would several inches deep, running the length of the slash. If this slash is left to right, running across the midsection of a human, this can easily be enough to partialy disembowl the victim.Now look at a hollow tip round. It's designed to break apart &amp; cause massive damage throughout the area it strikes,this is where you get the examples of a small entry wound yet a massive exit wound. These are four examples of what mardern firearms &amp; archaic melee weapons are capable of. If you notice, each has an amazing ability to destroy the human body. Each in a different way. But I feel it is wrong to say that one is more or less effective than the other (modern vs archaic) at destroying tissue. The real advantage is not in the amount of damaged caused but rather in the ability to cause it a great range.Now: You throw in automatic weapons &amp; the modern firearm will always be more leathal in that for every slash or stab of a sword, you can fire multiple rounds, with higher rates of fire proving even more leathal (mini-guns anyone??)Stepping of the soapbox now.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="slingbld, post: 1425161, member: 13229"] Actually whne talking about the stopping power of firearms it's referring to the system shock caused by the sudden displacement of tissue. A bullet can do quite a bit of damage & shock. Now when you look at a large, leathal melee weapon such as a longsword. The actualy amount of tissue damaged by a blade passing through a human is substantially more than that of a bullet. The speed of the sword does not cause the massive displacement but the volume of damage the sword causes can generally be considered enough to make up for the lack of the shock. Also to consider, a slashing weapon (like a falchion) can cause a would several inches deep, running the length of the slash. If this slash is left to right, running across the midsection of a human, this can easily be enough to partialy disembowl the victim. Now look at a hollow tip round. It's designed to break apart & cause massive damage throughout the area it strikes,this is where you get the examples of a small entry wound yet a massive exit wound. These are four examples of what mardern firearms & archaic melee weapons are capable of. If you notice, each has an amazing ability to destroy the human body. Each in a different way. But I feel it is wrong to say that one is more or less effective than the other (modern vs archaic) at destroying tissue. The real advantage is not in the amount of damaged caused but rather in the ability to cause it a great range. Now: You throw in automatic weapons & the modern firearm will always be more leathal in that for every slash or stab of a sword, you can fire multiple rounds, with higher rates of fire proving even more leathal (mini-guns anyone??) Stepping of the soapbox now. :) [/QUOTE]

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