true but this is post-1900Brown Bess musket ball, you got hit and you were almost garanteed to die. The question if not the candidates just says in history.
true but this is post-1900Brown Bess musket ball, you got hit and you were almost garanteed to die. The question if not the candidates just says in history.
There was an amusing discussion of a related issue at http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103067 with a post on page 2 giving an excellent summary of the choices.If we speak about absolute "damage", then the 14,5x114mm round (used in the KPV machine gun) wins. Heavyer than that and you get into the realm of light cannons.
true but this is post-1900
didn't know that, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, people will use anything when they need too.And up on the Northwest Frountier british troops were still taking casualties from muskets in the twenties and thirties. Some of the matchlocks.
(source one of my mothers uncles who was stationed there)
I'd go with the Soviet 7.62x39: given the number of AKs and AK derived weapons that use that bullet....it's been said that the AK is responsible for more deaths than any other weapons system. Ever.