This isn’t Hollywood. A graze wound from a 5.56x45mm round at supersonic velocities doesn’t leave a small, easily healed cut; it transfers a portion of the bullet’s kinetic energy into the tissue, in a radiating pressure wave that tears, shatters, and emulsifies the surrounding tissue. Even the slightest amount of contact transfers enough energy to cause wounds that take a substantial amount of time to heal, even more so with an ear that is primarily cartilage, which doesn’t, itself, heal.
A graze would have resulted in needing reconstructive surgery that would have taken months to heal and would have had visible bruising much longer than his ear bandage was worn. Graze from fragments or debris? Sure, that’s a lot different than his claim. And it’s at least equally likely that he cut his ear when tackled, which would be consistent with the seen wound as well as the lack of visible scarring or need for reconstructive surgery.
You’re playing with words. We have video of what happened.
Not playing with words. The 5.56mm bullet had around 1.8kJ of energy, mostly from velocity. Dumping even a fraction of that into human tissue can cause rather devastating effects, with additional effects from the pressure wave from traveling at supersonic speeds. It’s not like in the movies or video games where just getting “winged” is not a big deal.
I understand what they’re claiming. That, however, is not what happened. You don’t need to get a second doctor to “corroborate” the nature of your injury if your story is true. The first one would have been fine. But they hid that.
And the injury clearly wasn’t bad enough to need actual extra consultation.
It grazed him. What is difficult to understand here?
This isn’t Hollywood. A graze wound from a 5.56x45mm round at supersonic velocities doesn’t leave a small, easily healed cut; it transfers a portion of the bullet’s kinetic energy into the tissue, in a radiating pressure wave that tears, shatters, and emulsifies the surrounding tissue. Even the slightest amount of contact transfers enough energy to cause wounds that take a substantial amount of time to heal, even more so with an ear that is primarily cartilage, which doesn’t, itself, heal.
A graze would have resulted in needing reconstructive surgery that would have taken months to heal and would have had visible bruising much longer than his ear bandage was worn. Graze from fragments or debris? Sure, that’s a lot different than his claim. And it’s at least equally likely that he cut his ear when tackled, which would be consistent with the seen wound as well as the lack of visible scarring or need for reconstructive surgery.
Then it wasn’t a graze wound. What if the bullet is 0.1mm further out than would be needed for a “graze”?
You’re playing with words. We have video of what happened.
Maybe you’d prefer it was a Sasquatch with a directed energy weapon.
Not playing with words. The 5.56mm bullet had around 1.8kJ of energy, mostly from velocity. Dumping even a fraction of that into human tissue can cause rather devastating effects, with additional effects from the pressure wave from traveling at supersonic speeds. It’s not like in the movies or video games where just getting “winged” is not a big deal.
So even if it’s 4mm away? 5mm? 6mm? 7mm? 8? 9?
You argue as if you can be equally injured in a car crash by being a bystander because of the energy of a speeding car. Like, no?
You just like reading what you type, not making sense.
I understand what they’re claiming. That, however, is not what happened. You don’t need to get a second doctor to “corroborate” the nature of your injury if your story is true. The first one would have been fine. But they hid that.
And the injury clearly wasn’t bad enough to need actual extra consultation.