I remember when I started MOUT training, I heard the phrase “bullets follow walls, so stay away from walls.” I heard it and did it, but I had to eventually ask what it meant. Why do bullets follow walls? At 18, I had no idea what bullets did. I was told to shut up and clear the street again. At that point, you aren’t asking questions. You’re yelling ‘Aye, Sergeant’ and doing what you’re told.
I’m the type of person who likes to know what and why. I like explanations. I eventually looked into it and figured it out. Years later, it dawned on me that others may have never learned why bullets follow walls, so let’s dig into it.
How Bullets Follow Walls
The way bullets follow walls is pretty simple to understand. The first part of understanding the how is understanding what doesn’t happen. When most of us think of something bouncing off a wall, we think of a rubber ball. If you throw a rubber ball against a wall, it typically departs at the same angle it struck the wall.
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