The phenomenon of the formation of a ricocheted buckshot of a negative angle of reflection

Gusentsov A.O.; Kovalev A.V.; Kildyushov E.M.; Tumanov É.V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20226503115

Gusentsov A.O.

The Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

ORCID: 0000-0001-8594-0365

Kovalev A.V.

Russian Center for Forensic Medical Examination

Kildyushov E.M.

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

ORCID: 0000-0001-7571-0312

Tumanov É.V.

N.I. Pirogova Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia

The phenomenon of the formation of a ricocheted buckshot of a negative angle of reflection

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Gusentsov A.O., Kovalev A.V., Kildyushov E.M., Tumanov É.V.

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Journal: Forensic Medical Expertise. 2022;65(3): 15‑18

DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20226503115

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Gusentsov AO, Kovalev AV, Kildyushov EM, Tumanov ÉV. The phenomenon of the formation of a ricocheted buckshot of a negative angle of reflection. Forensic Medical Expertise. 2022;65(3):15‑18. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20226503115

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Abstract:

The purpose of the study is to establish the possibility, determine the conditions and parameters for the formation of a negative angle of reflection of a firearm after a ricochet from the surface of an obstacle based on the results of our own experimental studies. Expert and law enforcement practice shows that after a shot, firearms, both before interaction with an obstacle and after a ricochet, move in space in the same plane with respect to the surface of the obstacle, forming a reflection angle with a positive or zero degree value. As a result of ballistic experiments, the possibility of forming a negative angle of reflection by ricocheted buckshot was established, the conditions and parameters for the occurrence of this pattern were determined. The identified ballistic «Gusentsov phenomenon» has an important interdisciplinary scientific and practical significance for further expanding knowledge and understanding of external and internal ballistics and can be successfully used in scientific, practical, forensic and educational activities.

Keywords:

forensic ballistics

ballistic experiment

rebound

buckshot

gunshot injury

gunshot injury modeling

Authors:

Gusentsov A.O.

The Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

ORCID: 0000-0001-8594-0365

Kovalev A.V.

Russian Center for Forensic Medical Examination

Kildyushov E.M.

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

ORCID: 0000-0001-7571-0312

Tumanov É.V.

N.I. Pirogova Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia

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09.09.2021

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13.10.2021

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