OrangeRKN wrote:iirc jawa that bar will be the body part health, so you shouldn't expect reducing that to kill the enemy. That's the damage needed to cripple that body part (same as can happen to you as a player).
You should still be able to damage them by continuing to shoot a crippled body part though in VATS, so if that doesn't work it is still broken!
Orange, yeah, that's the crux of it - once a body part is crippled, further shots at that part don't take down the enemy's overall health; you have to target a different body part and shoot that instead. I've grabbed a vid of this and will post it later.
I am currently using the "target body parts" perk card (x3) and tonight I'm gonna try taking them off to see if that improves the situation.