FMJ ammunition was introduced for ostensibly humanitarian reasons, as the Geneva Conventions prohibit the use of expanding or fragmenting bullets in warfare.
They have the advantage in warfare that they often injure their target rather than kill outright, creating a casualty that needs to be cared for, rather than a corpse. In this way, FMJ bullets can be more effective at consuming an enemy's resources than fragmenting bullets, yet the outcome of the victim is usually the same, death. Furthermore, because the bullet does not expand, FMJ bullets are much more effective at armor-piercing[?] than hollow point bullets.
Full Metal Jacket, a film by Stanley Kubrick, is named after FMJ ammunition.
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