In the image the bullet has already clipped his ear and is going past him. He didn't realize it was a shot until he heard the report of the rifle. The bullet gets there long before the sound. Mil snipers have a saying, "From a place you can't see will come a sound you'll never hear." In other words you'll be dead before the sound ever reaches you.
Potus said he heard the ‘whizzzz’ of the bullet passing his ear, then he felt it. I forget what speed rifle bullets travel, but it has to be near sonic speed so you hear the bullet AFTER it passes you.
The Warthog is notorious for this. You see the target destroyed first, then you hear the brrrrrt of the munitions.
Bullet speed depends on caliber, barrel length and load. That said, the shooter was definitely shooting supersonic rounds. The only time it makes sense to use subsonic rounds is when you would be using a suppressor (silencer).
In the image the bullet has already clipped his ear and is going past him. He didn't realize it was a shot until he heard the report of the rifle. The bullet gets there long before the sound. Mil snipers have a saying, "From a place you can't see will come a sound you'll never hear." In other words you'll be dead before the sound ever reaches you.
Thanks, being Australian guns are not our thing for some strange reason.
It's more a physics thing really.
Potus said he heard the ‘whizzzz’ of the bullet passing his ear, then he felt it. I forget what speed rifle bullets travel, but it has to be near sonic speed so you hear the bullet AFTER it passes you.
The Warthog is notorious for this. You see the target destroyed first, then you hear the brrrrrt of the munitions.
https://youtu.be/NvIJvPj_pjE?si=S2Z2XxwY05Iyr_zE
Bullet speed depends on caliber, barrel length and load. That said, the shooter was definitely shooting supersonic rounds. The only time it makes sense to use subsonic rounds is when you would be using a suppressor (silencer).