title: [Biomechanical-clinical interpretation of firearm wounds. General problems. XI. Propedeutic ABC of terminal ballistics].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Chirurgica e Propedeutica Clinica, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mangiante
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dagradi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Della Giacoma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tenci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giarolli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merico
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Lettura biomeccanico-clinica della ferita d'arma da fuoco. Problematica generale (Parte XI). Abbecedario di propedeutica alla balistica terminale.