Effect of the target type on the characteristics of gunshot injuries resulting from bullet and shrapnel ricochet

Gusentsov A.O.; Kildyushov E.M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20226505134

Gusentsov A.O.

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

ORCID: 0000-0001-8594-0365

Kildyushov E.M.

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

ORCID: 0000-0001-7571-0312

Effect of the target type on the characteristics of gunshot injuries resulting from bullet and shrapnel ricochet

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Gusentsov A.O., Kildyushov E.M.

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Journal: Forensic Medical Expertise. 2022;65(5): 34‑38

DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20226505134

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Gusentsov AO, Kildyushov EM. Effect of the target type on the characteristics of gunshot injuries resulting from bullet and shrapnel ricochet. Forensic Medical Expertise. 2022;65(5):34‑38. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20226505134

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Abstract:

The study objective is to establish the effect of the type of experimental target (biological, non-biological) on the forensic medical characteristics of gunshot injuries resulting from bullet and shrapnel ricochet when fired from a smooth-bore weapon. Differences in the skin and clothing or their imitators render different morphological patterns of the input gunshot injuries. Based on the results of the ballistic experiment, a list of statistically significant differences in the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the input gunshot injuries to biological and non-biological targets as a result of a ricochet when a bullet is fired from a smooth-bore weapon was compiled. In addition, the characteristics of the input gunshot injuries were established, demonstrating statistically significant differences only in certain combinations of the specified types of bullet and experimental target. The results obtained can be used in medical forensic examinations of gunshot injuries.

Keywords:

forensic ballistics

ricochet

experimental target

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

Kildyushov E.M.

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

ORCID: 0000-0001-7571-0312

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23.11.2021

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15.12.2022

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