Ballistics may refer to:

Science

  • Ballistics, the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles
  • Forensic ballistics, the science of analyzing firearm usage in crimes
  • Internal ballistics, the study of the processes accelerating a projectile
  • Transition ballistics, the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel
  • External ballistics, the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air
  • Terminal ballistics, the study of the interaction of a projectile with its target
  • Ballistic conduction, conduction of electricity with negligible charge scattering
  • Ballistic movement of muscles in an animal

Combat

  • Ballistic missile, a missile that follows a sub-orbital flightpath
  • Ballistic knife, a specialized combat knife with a detachable, self-propelled blade
  • Ballistic shield, a shield meant to protect the user from bullets

Arts and media

Comics

  • Ballistic (Image Comics), a comic character of Top Cow Productions
  • Ballistic (DC Comics), a DC Comic Book Character

Film

  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a 2002 film
  • Ballistic (film), a 2025 film

Literature

  • Ballistic, a 2011 novel by Mark Greaney
  • Ballistics, a 2013 novel by D. W. Wilson

Video games

  • Puzz Loop, a 1998 video game by Mitchell Corporation, known as Ballistic outside Japan
  • Ballistics (video game), a 2001 video game by GRIN
  • Ballistic, a playable character in the video game 2019 Apex Legends