Eli5: Why is ballistic gel used for human analogues on so many shows when it looks like you could just push your finger easily into it?

Question

Like, I couldn’t just push my finger in and easily pierce a person’s torso, so why is it deemed a good material for human analogue testing?

In: Biology

Answer 1

So it seems like the fact that I’ve pretty much only ever seen the stuff in under the rigors of extreme trauma testing has given me a false impression of it being much more “jelly” than it really is.

Ok cool, I accept that answer. Thanks.