The effect of tempered glass on bullet trajectory.
It was determined that tempered glass automobile windows may severely influence the trajectory of .38 Special projectiles. In replicating an actual case situation, deflections as great as 26.4 degrees were observed with jacketed hollow-point ammunition, and as high as 10.8 degrees for lead ammunition.
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D001336:Automobiles; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*