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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dragoner" data-source="post: 7804069" data-attributes="member: 6943731">One of the big reasons for smaller caliber rifles today, is that small arms are low level casualty causes on the battlefield. Even now, IED's with high explosive being the most, which was true in WW1 and WW2 as well, with the QF Howitzer. Even with controlled bursts for MG's, one can put up a wall of fire, saturating an area.The large caliber, expanding base projectiles, of the Civil War muskets, were what were deadlier about them, the wound channel. The pdf goes into this in depth, about how bullets wound, all other things being equal, it is the size of the projectile.Yes, it is about the genre being depicted, and Hollywood is terrible about showing people being shot, say in the shoulder, but they are fine 15 minutes later. Then again there is the fact that some wounds take time to take effect, bleeding out for example, where then someone could die later. D&D as well, doesn't show a lot of people dying from sepsis, which I have heard was bad for early wounds from melee type weapons.</blockquote>