diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerBase.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerBase.sqf
index 92effda9bd5..0955e3c693c 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerBase.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerBase.sqf
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ private _bodyPartVisParams = [_unit, false, false, false, false]; // params arra
         continue
     };
 
+    // Check if current body part damage has reached the cap
+    if (_bodyPartDamage select _bodyPartNToAdd >= EGVAR(medical,partDamageCap)) then {
+        TRACE_1("damage cap reached for body part",_bodyPart);
+        continue  // Skip further processing for this body part if cap is reached
+    };
+
+
     // determine how many wounds to create
     private _nWounds = [_damage, _thresholds, true] call FUNC(interpolatePoints);
     if (_nWounds < 1) then {
diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.inc.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.inc.sqf
index c6d7f49e343..5e3eece1dbd 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.inc.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.inc.sqf
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
     true
 ] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
 
+[
+    QEGVAR(medical,partDamageCap),
+    "SLIDER",
+    [LSTRING(partDamageCap_DisplayName), LSTRING(partDamageCap_Description)],
+    ELSTRING(medical,Category),
+    [30, 150, 60, 0],
+    true
+] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
+
 [
     QEGVAR(medical,AIDamageThreshold),
     "SLIDER",
diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
index cd5ae547805..3ebd54b5010 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
@@ -853,6 +853,12 @@
             <Russian>Порог повреждения конечностей</Russian>
             <Japanese>手足のダメージしきい値</Japanese>
         </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_partDamageCap_Description">
+            <English>Sets the amount of damage a body part can receive before preventing more wounds from occurring.</English>
+        </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_partDamageCap_DisplayName">
+            <English>Body Part Damage Cap</English>
+        </Key>
         <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_uselimbDamage_Description">
             <English>Controls whether limb damage is taken into account for sum of trauma calculations.</English>
             <Russian>Определяет, учитывается ли повреждение конечностей при расчете совокупности травм.</Russian>