The MEN frangible: study of a new bullet in gelatin. Metallwerk Elisenhütte Nassau.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 18(4): 325-30, 1997 Dec.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9430281
ABSTRACT
Experimental gunshots were made with 9 x 19 mm (9-mm Luger) Frangible ammunition using skin, gelatin, and bones as targets. Direct gunshots penetrated 50 cm into gelatin blocks without mushrooming or fragmentation. Skull bone was easily perforated. Head models were penetrated by the bullets, which broke down to myriad fragments within or outside the head. Gunshots through windshields and steel plates led to dangerous bullet fragmentation with a high risk of injury. Gunshots perforating tibias produced comminuted fractures. In all soft tissues, except the direct gunshots into gelatin, high-resolution radiography revealed many metallic fragments along the bullet path. Clinical radiography can show the larger copper fragments, but the explosion-like distribution of metallic foreign bodies in soft tissue is a serious surgical problem.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo
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Armas de Fogo
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Gelatina
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha