What are the factors that decide on whether you die instantly or get knocked out in PUBG?

When do you get knocked out, and when do you die instantly after getting attacked?
Clearly, you get knocked when you lose all your health in the blue, and you die in some time after getting knocked.
But there are times when you die directly from a shot/grenade. Why is this the case?
- Do you always die instantly when there is no team mate to heal you?
- Do you die instantly when the weapon/impact damage has a much larger effect on your health, such as a headshot when low health?
Best Answer
I can confirm: in PUBG there is nothing that can make you go from up to dead instantly, except the 7 DBNO or if nobody can revive you.
But there are exceptions: You cannot be downed while swimming. If you would be going DBNO while swimming, you immediately die.
Also you could get comboed. There is maybe .5 seconds of invincibility while going down, but if you get rammed by a car, bounce forward while the DBNO animation is going and then rammed again, you will then die.
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In a squad game, as long as you have team mates that can heal you up again, you will always get knocked out first when your health reaches 0.
If it appears that you died instantly by a grenade, then that grenade most likely has simultaneously knocked out your (remaining) team mates as well.
There can be other instances where it can appear that you died immediately like being run over by a car. The moment you get knocked out the moving car might still catch onto your downed body and will damage you again thus killing you. Basically any large amount of damage that gets applied to you right after being downed can make it look like you died instantly.
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