Center of Mass (Human Body) Definiton?

[c.a.willard]

I think it would be interesting to note that alot of advanced training has gone away from saying aim center mass and instead opts for aiming for the thorasic cavity. I have to agree with jamie that its about effective hits on target. That includes military training. BRM still teaches COM however advanced marksmanship courses now teach thorasic cavity, that includes many SF shooting schools and the Army SRT school. along with that teaching to aim for areas that result in flacid paralysis is also becoming more common. I can only speak to training ive been to, but the more common idea now is not COM but slightly higher in the chest area (thorasic cavity)

[molonlabetn]

Aim for the center of the biggest part of their body exposed to you... it's unlikely that if you ever have to shoot a person, they will be facing you like a silhouette. COM only defines a specific point under ideal circumstances.

[Fallguy]

To add... Most of the time what is most effective and what is easiest to teach to the masses aren't the same thing. As any who may be CPR instructors may know...most of the changes made to how to preform CPR for the lay person have been made to make it easier to teach and/or easier for the person to remember/preform, not to make it more effective.

So I wonder how much (at least in some situations) that was is defined as COM by is some is just to make it easier for the person to hit the target and not necessairly the most effective kill shot.

[E4 No More]

Gee, and here I thought "Center Mass" was an euphemism for shoot'em in the heart!