50 BMG Hornady A-Max
Initial velocity: 2,820 fps
Terminal Velocity: 1,530 fps
Terminal energy: 3,897 ft-lbf
“...in the chest with a shot that blew off the commander’s arm and shoulder.”
In some “producer’s notes” for some movie (”Shooter” maybe) they were talking about the long-range sniper shot and the guy with a bullet hole in his chest.
Went something like this: “Well, our military consultant said that was all wrong. At those ranges with a .50 caliber round, it would be coming in at a very steep angle - practically vertical. A dead center hit would enter the chest and exit out his butt, cleaving the upper torso in half. We decided that would be too graphic - and the movie-goer expects a nice round hole with blood.”
Sounds about right compared with this story.