Experimental blowgun injuries, ballistic aspects of modern blowguns |
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Authors: | Karlssona T Ståhlingb S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm of the National Board of Forensic Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Slender thin arrows blown through modern blowguns can cause serious injuries. In this paper we present some data regarding the terminal ballistics of such an arrow when blown by a young male who had no previous experience with the weapon. The penetration depth into wood was similar to that of an arrow fired from a pistol-crossbow. Further, the blowgun arrow could pass through more than 7 mm of porcine bone. The velocities at a distance of 2 m from the blowgun of three different types of arrows having weights of 1-1.6 g and diameters between 1 and 5 mm were between 22 and 32 m/s, giving an energy of 0.3 to 0.6 J. When blown from a blowgun, these slender modern arrows can thus penetrate human skin and even the cranial bone of a child and cause serious injury. |
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