User blog comment:Codfan/Inaccuracies?????/@comment-1260687-20100222202047

@tickle: I just saw the comment in question; you'd be surprised at how tough the human body is; the public's perception of "one-hit kills" is pretty erroneous. Allow me to explain: about the only time you're going to get immediate effects is if you nail a guy in his face, somehow manage to sever the spinal column (by the way, the previous two are the ONLY ones that are reliaby effective against targets under chemical influence), stopping drills (multiple, rapid, reflexive center-mass impacts, usually followed by a "make-damn-sure" shot to the head, or single, large-caliber imacts to center mass that also manage to severely disrupt organ systems (7.62x**mm, 12.7x**mm). A specific impact to the area you're talking about probably isn't going to be immediately fatal, and likely not at all, given appropriate life-saving combat aid and immediate medevac and trauma care. I had a buddy who was caught in an IED attack that absolutely shredded the arteries in his throat, and the only reminder any of us have today is when we see his totally kick-ass scar. If you want to get picky about, the only real way to reliably kill US/UK/Western troops nowadays is to shoot us in the face or no-shit hit the individual with a roadside bomb