Comparative characteristic of clothing and human body simulator gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding and non-expanding slug

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The study of gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding slugs is interesting, because it has been undescribed in the modern forensic literature.

AIM: To study clothing and the human body simulator experimental gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding and non-expanding slugs.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Visual and metric methods were used. The process of slug penetration to target was recorded with a high-speed Phantom VEO video camera 710S, with a Zeiss Milvus 1.4/35 lens. Video shooting at a frequency of 24,000 frames per second was conducted.

RESULTS: Clothing and the human body simulators experimental gunshot injuries after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding and non-expanding slugs was analyzed. The main differences of the gunshot damage morphological features were determined by slug terminal ballistics.

CONCLUSION: The experimental study results can be used for forensic identification of structurally similar slugs of 12-gaude cartridges UNO 35 and UNO 35E by the morphological features of the biological tissues and clothing gunshot damage.

Keywords

gunshot damage / expanding slug / high-speed video / experiment

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