Abstract: In order to evaluate the wounding power of the anti-riot kinetic energy projectile scientifically and establish reliable terminal effect test targets, the existing test targets were divided into biological targets, physical targets, biomimetic targets and numerical targets based on the structural characteristics of the targets. And through a systematic review of the literature on four targets, the structural characteristics, application scenarios, measurable parameters, damage criteria and their advantages and disadvantages of various targets were compared and analyzed. The results show that the research progress of biological targets and biomimetic targets is slow at present; the biofidelity of numerical target is high, but the characteristics of organs, bones and other materials, especially the response characteristics of materials under dynamic load are unknown, which makes it difficult to reflect the damage of the human body in actual impact. Compared with the existing dummy targets, the human torso model in physical target has the advantages of high similarity in anatomical structure and measurable compression of bone and viscera, but still has defects such as unverifiable internal damage. Combined with the actual needs, it indicates the next development direction of the test target.