24-01-2011

Myth : will a bulletimpact cause you to fly backwards?

We have all seen it in the movies, a bad guy gets shot and because of the impact of the bullet he flies backwards. Is this real or movie myth?
Well as a massive fan of Mythbusters I was very eager to find out. And I think they came up with a logical explanation why it is a movie myth. They tested this myth by shooting the biggest possible caliber they could find, which is the 50. Cal from Barret sniper rifle at a test dummie. They even made him wear a bulletproof vest so the kinetic energy of the bullet would transfer to the entire body instead of just piercing it.

As illustrated in the movie below they found that we had to Newton’s law into account. If the guy would fly back the shooter would have to fly back an equal distance. Every action has to have an equal yet opposite reaction.

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