Shawn Dodson
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Fackler operated on quite a few folks shot with 5.56 in Vietnam, and was selected by the Army to assist the U.S. in countering allegations by the International Red Cross that the M16 bullet was "inhumane".Probably most of them being from 123 gr. .30 Cal. FMJ, with the odd 154 gr .30 FMJ, from AKs, SKSs, and Mosins/PK MGs and some 12.7mm here and there.
I just know what I've seen from opening the thoraxes of deer shot from 10 to 225 yards with 55 gr. V-Max bullets- it looks like a grenade went off in there, jellied lung. The deer don't go more than a few steps. They penetrate deer ribs just fine at those distances, and human ribs aren't that much more solid.
Most people don't know that Fackler developed his 10% ordnance gelatin solution as a result the "inhumane M16 bullet" claim, which ultimately led the Army to have him establish the Army Wound Ballistics Laboratory to study the wounding effects of small arms ammunition to provide information for gunshot wound treatment. This was years before the FBI's shootout in Miami, that led the FBI to contacting Fackler for assistance in developing a test program and criteria for selecting effective ammunition for law enforcement use. This article discusses Fackler's early work regarding the "inhumane M16 bullet" - https://sadefensejournal.com/father-of-modern-wound-ballistics/