Terminal ballistics is a sub-field of ballistics concerned with the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits and transfers its energy to a target.
.32 ACP full metal jacket, .32 S&W Long wadcutter, .380 ACP jacketed hollow point
Example photo of the over-penetration of a fragmenting projectile
Wound ballistics for various Soviet cartridges
Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behaviour and impact effects of projectiles, especially ranged weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.
Gaetano Marzagaglia, Del calcolo balistico, 1748
Baseball throws can exceed 100 mph
Catapult 1 Mercato San Severino
USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside, 1984.