Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4928331-20120918112046/@comment-34954086-20130206030325

Zergrinch wrote: Then you'll have tanks firing at other tanks as well -- action villains are also buff. The aforementioned myth has been busted by the Mythbusters. I love the show, especially with their love of blowing things up with guns and explosives. In the name of SCIENCE.

The logic here is if the kinetic energy of the bullet hitting a poor sap is strong enough to blow him backwards (and it's not, unless you have a bullet the size of a cannonball), the pushback from the bullet's expulsion will be strong enough to blow the shooter backwards, or at least knock the gun right into his face.

But the action villains soul and resolve carry the extra weight. I agree completely, but crack hollywood effects will be what the are