Marini F, Radin S, Carolo F, Mangiante G, Dagradi V, Della Giacoma G, Tenci A, Giarolli M, Massari S, Merico G
Istituto di Patologia Speciale Chirurgica e Propedeutica Clinica, Università di Verona.
Chir Ital. 1993 Feb-Dec;45(1-6):169-82.
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.
火器的致病潜力因我们所涉及的是有膛线的长管武器、手枪还是滑膛长管枪而有所不同。直到几年前，至少在现代战争背景下，短管或滑膛长管火器的组织损伤作用完全可以忽略不计；然而如今，它们作为伤口和死亡原因的影响正在稳步增加，并且首次用于低成本军事训练的小型子弹也开始在战场上发挥主要作用。与此同时，出现了一些短枪子弹，它们以“制动力”之名，似乎与手枪的定义本身相矛盾。反过来，滑膛长管枪正在摆脱堑壕枪的反人道主义形象，转而扮演更具暗示性的掷弹兵兼猎人的武器角色。
