Seems to me that if heavy fire can chop up leg bones
it would work as well with other skeletal parts so why
be concerned with just leg shots? Go for all the
bones joints to dislodge limbs, etc. I like the head
shot being terminal because it focuses on a small
target to eliminate the zombie threat which would
allow for a lot of ineffective panicky shots by
'regular' defenders. My experience has been 'the
larger the slug the bigger the hole' which equates to
more tissue AND bone damage. This would be expecially
true for handguns. Shotguns for close range work
(slugs or buck) are very destructive and long guns for
precision at longer ranges as well as fully auto's for
repetitive hits to saturate a target area.

Best wishes on your writings.
--- zombiecsu <zombiecsu@...> wrote:

> Guys, I'm new to this board.
>
> I'm a professional writer and I'm working on a
> nonfiction book built
> around speculation on how real-world law
> enforcement, science, and
> the military would respond to something like a
> zombei attack (like
> they show in movies like Night of the Living Dead
> and 28 Days
> Later). It's a little far-out, but the book is
> already scheduled for
> release next August from Citadel Press.
>
> One of the experts I'm using, Mike Witzgall
> (ex-Force Recon, former
> SWAT officer) gave me some great technical advice on
> how SWAT might
> react in such a situation.
>
> What I'm looking for now is some practical
> information on a couple of
> points (see question below). Anyone who provides
> useful information
> will be quoted and thanked in the book.
>
> First, here's the scenario: The fictional zombies
> we're talking
> about here are the recently raised dead. They don't
> breathe, they
> don't bleed. The only way to kill them is either a
> head shot that
> destroys the brain, or severe trauma to the brain
> stem.
>
> My SWAT expert said that even if headshots can't
> always be guaranteed
> the responding officers (or soldiers) could use
> heavy fire to chop up
> their legs.
>
> I need to know the follow:
>
> What kinds of rounds would do the most damage to
> limbs (particularly
> legs and lower trunk)? I'm talking about loss of
> limb, shattered
> bones, etc.
>
> Any suggestions? You can post here or email me at
> zombiecsu@....
>
> Thanks!
> Jonathan Maberry
> Author website: www.jonathanmaberry.com
>
>
>



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