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TEMPORARY CAVITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
  • Small Arms
  • Ballistics
CONT

The temporary cavity is the radial stretching of tissue around the bullet's wound track, which momentarily leaves an empty space caused by high pressures surrounding the projectile that accelerate material away from its path.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale
  • Armes légères
  • Balistique
CONT

La taille de la cavité provisoire est liée à la vitesse du projectile, elle peut atteindre jusqu’à trente fois son volume.

Spanish

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