Ballistics (disambiguation)

Ballistics may refer to:

Science

• Ballistics, the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles.
  • Forensic ballistics, the science of analyzing firearm usage in crimes
  • Internal ballistics, the study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile, for example the passage of a bullet through the barrel of a rifle
  • Transition ballistics, the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel and the pressure behind the projectile is equalized
  • External ballistics, the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air
  • Terminal ballistics, the study of the interaction of a projectile with its target, whether that be flesh (for a hunting bullet), steel (for an anti-tank round), or even furnace slag (for an industrial slag disruptor)
• Ballistic conduction, conduction of electricity with negligible scattering of charge carriers.
• Ballistic movement of muscles in an animal.

Combat

• Ballistic missile, a missile that follows a sub-orbital flightpath
• Ballistic knife, a specialized combat knife with a detachable, self-propelled blade
• Ballistic shield, a shield meant to protect the user from bullets

Comics

• Ballistic (Image Comics), a comic character of Top Cow Productions
• Ballistic (DC Comics), a DC Comic Book Character

Video games

• Puzz Loop, a 1998 video game by Mitchell Corporation, known as Ballistic outside Japan
• Ballistic (2015 video game), see Innova (company)
• Ballistics (video game), a 2001 video game by GRIN
• Ballistic, a publishing label used by Accolade, Inc.

Movies

• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 movie

Other

• Ballistics (novel), a novel by D. W. Wilson