On the effect of transferring the substance of an obstacle by a firearms projectile
- Authors: Pinchuk P.V.1,2, Leonov S.V.1,3, Sukhareva M.A.3, Kuzmina V.A.1
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Affiliations:
- 111th Main State Center for Forensic Medicine and Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
- The N.I.Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
- The A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
- Issue: Vol 343, No 4 (2022)
- Pages: 11-14
- Section: Emergency medicine
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0026-9050/article/view/629710
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.52424/00269050_2022_343_4_11
- ID: 629710
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Abstract
The article presents the results of an experimental study to establish the possibility and nature of the transfer of the obstacle material by a firearm projectile when fired by 5.45×39 cartridges from a Kalashnikov assault rifle with a shortened and hunting carbine «Saiga». The shots were fired through triplex windshields (triplex) from different models of BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars on parts of animal carcasses from a distance of 5 m. energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer «Bruker Quantax 80». The study of fragments of firearms carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray energy dispersive analysis (EDX) revealed in all cases the presence of obstacle particles on the shell and core of the destroyed bullet in the form of tiny overlaps, the presence of spherical iron particles in the target material. Has shown that SEM/EDX can reliably prove the fact of a gunshot wound to a person through an obstacle or when a firearm ricochets.
About the authors
P. V. Pinchuk
111th Main State Center for Forensic Medicine and Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation; The N.I.Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Author for correspondence.
Email: pinchuk1967@mail.ru
заслуженный работник здравоохранения РФ, доктор медицинских наук, доцент, полковник медицинской службы запаса
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowS. V. Leonov
111th Main State Center for Forensic Medicine and Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation; The A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Email: pinchuk1967@mail.ru
профессор
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowM. A. Sukhareva
The A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Email: pinchuk1967@mail.ru
кандидат медицинских наук
Russian Federation, MoscowV. A. Kuzmina
111th Main State Center for Forensic Medicine and Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Email: pinchuk1967@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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