Recoil happens over a larger amount of time as the bullet is accelerated out of the gun vs impact of round into someone. Also you aren't tensing muscles bracing to be shot whereas you are when you fire the gun.
My dad saw someone get spun around after being shot by a .22 apparently
There's a (relatively) old video of some dude running at a cop and being shot in the chest with a shotgun. He merely fell to the floor and rolled around, bleeding of course, for a while.
I wonder if someone wearing (hard) armor would be knocked back or down given the penetration into soft tissue will reduce the force/s that occurs.
interesting
I also read somewhere that people who are aware they were shot (this is just about handguns, probably 9mm) tend to react way more dramatically to it, i.e. they instantly fall down because they expect the effect they've seen in hollywood movies
whereas if they don't realize that they've been shot they just keep going for far longer
well obviously if you dont know you were shot you aren't going to react to it
I mean more like
>get shot in the leg
>see that you were shot in the leg
>instantly crumple and stop trying to get up
vs.
>get shot in the leg
>don't see that you were shot
>just feel some pain but keep running
Arnie getting hit and the glass getting shattered behind him was a very nice touch. It shows the love that went into making this movie.
no of course not he's a Navy SEAL
I've heard accounts of soldiers being tagged by sniper fire, carrying on all nonchalant and unaware before dropping due to blood loss. I can believe it.
yeah pretty much exactly what I mean