Statistical Distribution of Combat Wounds to the Head
This is interesting:
The study, led by physician Yuval Ran, looked at Israeli combat deaths from 2000 to 2004 and tracked where bullet entries appeared on the skull (illustrated above), finding that the lower back (occipital region) and front of the temple areas (anterior-temporal regions) were most likely.
I’m not sure it’s useful, but it is interesting.
Lewis Downey • September 20, 2010 2:11 PM
What the heck, I’ll throw out a theory from the peanut gallery. This theory consumed all of 15 seconds during development.
Soldiers are hit in the back of the head because they are hit when their head is ducked.
They are hit on the temple when they lift their head up to see what is going on.
In both cases, the area struck by the bullet is the most prominent portion of the head at the time of impact.