Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Bob pilgrim p After penetrating ¼" steel plate, LM .45 ACP CQB-4 blew the 35-pound block of PG media off the table. to either the thorax or an extremity, their valiant efforts proved futile. Professional Observations Noted Trauma Surgeon, Sydney Vail, MD stated from previous observations of LM and its interaction with living tissue, “From a trauma surgical standpoint I expect to see nice round holes through living tissue from any currently available law enforcement, jacketed hollow point ammunition. LM ammunition creates a completely different wounding pattern that increases potential incapacitation with respect to either thoracic cavity or appendage impacts. Unlike conventional JHP ammunition, the LM AP (Armor Penetrating) bullet designs greatly increase probability for incapacitation from a shoulder or extremity wound due to the greatly increased internal tissue damage that would render the limb useless in terms of normal neuromuscular and/or vascular function. The LM wounds were devastating in that it appeared that a high powered fragmenting rifle round was used when in fact it was a handgun round that caused the injury. Large temporary wound cavity injuries were noted similar to wounds demonstrated with high powered Thoracic entry wound by LM .45 ACP CQB-4 after defeating level IIIA armor. rifle rounds that were not accurately predictpredict ed from conducted impacts into 10-percent calibrated ballistic gelatin tissue simulate.” Doctor Harry Bryant DVM, the veterinarian on duty had been involved in this type of tactical medical training for five years and advised, “With respect to the performance of LM, there is so much tissue and major organ destruction, that frequently surgeons cannot go upstream far enough to locate an artery or vein to clamp off to quell the bleeding. Concussive shrapnel simply macerates tissue from bullet fragmentations. Some wounds are so cavernous that multiple rolls of field dressdress ings cannot sufficiently pack the wound to staunch blood flow.” The Protocols For comparison, Corbon DPX and Speer Gold Dot and LM CQB 9 mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP 4 ammunitions were fired side by side into hard and soft armor, Perma Gel (PG) media and anesthetized live tissue. All of the LM rounds penetrated both hard and soft 3A armor while the conventional ammunitions did not. In addition, LM .45 ACP CQB 4 bullets penetrated .25" inch T-304 stainless steel. With 3A body armor shielding PG, LM .45 ACP 4 defeated the vest and traveled another 14.8" in the PG media. In comparison, Corbon DPX expanded nicely and penetrated 15.4" in an unshielded, bare PG block. The anesthetized porcine animals were shot lying on their sides, approximately three feet from the muzzle. Whether it was a thoracic or appendage shot, all LM rounds stayed within the hogs, but both the .45 ACP Corbon DPX and .40 S&W Gold Dot ammunitions over-penetrated, produced through-and-through wounds and were not recovered. When soft body armor was draped over a hog and engaged with LM .45 ACP 4, the armor was readily defeated and the round produced a large penetrating wound, fragmented internally and destroyed tissue and organs in its typical vicious fashion. X- Ray Data After the animals were completely examined by medical personnel and declared clinically dead, digital x-rays were performed to document LM performance. Furthermore, necropsies were conducted to clinically examine tissue destruction and attempt to trace bullet paths. These examinations were accomplished to determine if LM “Blended Metal Technologies” projectiles actually fragmented in warm, living tissue. 47 Note the steel “plug” from the plate that was penetrated prior to the bullet entering the gel. WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM