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"However, it does not explain why poisons remain unused."
Guns are usually used to stop an immediate threat from which there is no retreat. If you have time to wait around for the poison to do its job, you have time to run away.
Centerfire and Rimfire
If theres no objection I would like to move this section, Centerfire and Rimfire just down to the start of modern bullet subsection and merged into the design section of Cartridge (weaponry). It's well written by an anonymous Wikipedian but does not deal with bullets directly but rather the cartridge case. If the anon contributer is still here and agrees, please feel free to move or make comment. Anyone else want to comment? I will merge in a few days if there are no disagreements. --Buster 19:30, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Merged --Buster 20:59, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)
Disputed
- The Americans have since improved the design to increase its effectiveness against armour, and the SS109 bullet can now pierce about 7cm of armour plate, due to the Tungsten penetrator design, which still tumbles on soft tissue contact.
Nitpick first: the SS109 does not have a tungsten penetrator, the M995 has a tungsten penetrator (actually, tungsten carbide). But more importantly, I find that penetration figure a little difficult to swallow. The M995 was designed to penetrate a BRDM-2 hull (14 mm RHA equivalent not 70 mm!! [1] (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m993.htm)). Also the M855 (US version of SS109, very similar to M995 but with hardened steel penetrator instead of tungsten) has an order of magnitude less penetration than is here claimed for the M995. Does anyone have any reliable cites for M995 penetration in RHA? Securiger 06:25, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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