TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Biomechanical-clinical interpretation of firearm wounds. general problems. XI. propedeutic abc of terminal ballistics
JO  - Chirurgia Italiana
A1  - Marini, F.
A1  - Radin, S.
A1  - Carolo, F.
A1  - Mangiante, G.
A1  - Dagradi, V.
A1  - Della Giacoma, G.
A1  - Tenci, A.
A1  - Giarolli, M.
A1  - Massari, S.
A1  - Merico, G.
SP  - 169
EP  - 182
VL  - 45
IS  - 1-6
N2  - The pathogenetic potentiality of firearms differs in relation to whether we are dealing with rifled long-barrelled weapons, handguns, or smooth-bore long-barrelled guns. Up until a few years ago, the tissue-damaging effect, at least in the modern warfare context, of short-barrelled or smooth-bore long-barrelled firearms, was thoroughly negligible; today, however, their impact, as causes of wounds and death, is steadily increasing, and for the first time small bullets designed for low-cost military training are also coming to play a primary role on the battlefield. At the same time short-gun bullets are appearing which, which in the name of "stopping power" seem to contradict the very definition of a handgun. The smooth-bore long-barrelled gun, in turn, is casting off the anti-humanitarian image of the trench gun to play the more suggestive ordinance role of the grenadiercumhunter.
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SN  - 0009-4773
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -