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

ABSTRACT The study of gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding slugs is interesting because they are undescribed in the modern forensic literature. AIM: to study clothing and the human body simulators experimental gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding and non- expanding slugs. BACKGROUND: Visual and metric methods were used in this study. 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 was carried out at a frequency of 24,000 frames per second. 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. It has been established that the main differences of the gunshot damage morphological features are determined by the 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. To cite this article: Pinchuk PV, Leonov SV, Khodulapov AV, Likhachev AS. Comparative characteristic of clothing and human body simulators gunshot damage after firing with 12-gauge cartridges loaded with expanding and non- expanding slug. Russian Journal of Forensic Medicine. 2023; 0(0):0000. DOI: https://doi.org/ Received: 00.00.2023 Accepted: 00.00.2023 Published: 00.00.2023