I believe the AK was developed by the soviets to wound more soldiers than kill, needing two soldiers to carry the wounded to care...
ICBM, but I think it’s the case.
“I believe the AK was developed by the soviets to wound more soldiers than kill...” [teeman8r, post 45]
No small arms cartridge has ever been developed to meet this criterion. Any bullet delivering sufficient energy to cause a disabling wound is capable of killing the human it might hit. There is no threshold below which wounding happens but killing cannot.
It’s worth noting that “stopping power” has never been a criterion for evaluating military small arms effectiveness. It cannot be quantified. Congressional legislation and DOD policy require quantifiable criteria to be used in weapon system evaluation & selection.