Abstract
Forensic ballistic tests involve the use of various ballistic gelatins and soaps. Their use is restrained due to several important factors: their synthesis strategy, their availability at room temperature and their rapid degradation even when kept in cold places. The importance of human torso surrogates translates in the facility to verify various ballistic factors impact, such as shock wave or fragments. In the first case, the use of piezoelectric transducers and accelerometers inside torso surrogates helps in defining safety distances and materials for individual protection equipment.