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Ballistics is the science of bodies in flight, encompassing the physical phenomena involved and the movement of the projectile. It is divided into a number of areas, based on where the projectile is.

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Kneubuehl, B.P. (2022). Introduction. In: Kneubuehl, B.P. (eds) Wound Ballistics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64855-1_1

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