Citation

Gurcan A. Hippokratia 2012; 16(2): 189-190.

Affiliation

Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Hippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23935280

Abstract

The case on contact shots from firearms with a flash suppressor is rare. When a rifle fitted with a flash suppressor is fired, the emerging soot-laden gas in the barrel escapes from the slits of the flash suppressor. If the shot is contact or near contact, the flash suppressor will produce a characteristic "flower-like" pattern of seared, blackened zones around the entrance. This paper presents the injury pattern of the flash suppressor in a 29-year-old man who committed suicide with a G3 automatic infantry rifle.

Language: en