The main subject of this thesis was terminal ballistic, which is the science of projectile behaviour in the target and of wound ballistic, i.e. the part of terminal ballistic dealing with soft tissue injury. A series of shoots was conducted on ballistic gelatine in order to improve the visibility of cracks caused by the projectile. We initially applied a layer of fluorescent powder on the surface of the gelatin blocks and the projectile spread it along the cavitation. For this purpose we used ballistic gelatin, Scar-L and FN Herstal P90 guns with 5,56 x 45 mm and 5,7 x 28 mm bullets, and a Rex zero 1 pistol with 9 x 19 mm bullets. The action during cavitation was recorded using a high-speed camera. This method helped improve visibility and consequently the analysis of the cracks.
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