Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns

In a suicidal gunshot fired to the chest from a carbine, the barrel of which had been shortened to half its original length, an unexpectedly large degree of destruction of the anterior thoracic wall with extensive undermining of the subcutis was found. This phenomenon was investigated for reconstruc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of legal medicine 2008, Vol.122 (1), p.81-85
Hauptverfasser:	Große Perdekamp, M., Vennemann, B., Kneubuehl, B. P., Uhl, M., Treier, M., Braunwarth, R., Pollak, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ammunition Firearms Forensic Ballistics Forensic Medicine Humans Medical Law Medicine Medicine & Public Health Technical Note Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Wounds, Gunshot
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