Dumdum bullet

Japanese: ダムダム弾 - だむだむだん(英語表記)dumdum bullet
Dumdum bullet

A type of hunting rifle bullet, it is a special bullet with a lead core exposed at the tip or a vertical cut in the head of the bullet, so that when it hits the prey, the head opens like a mushroom or the lead core scatters, causing more damage than a normal bullet. In the 19th century, the British had it manufactured at an arms factory in Dum Dum, an industrial city north of Calcutta (now Kolkata), in order to suppress the civil war in India. If this bullet is used on the human body for military purposes, the core will be crushed or lead pieces will scatter inside the body, causing larger and more complicated wounds after the bullet is inserted, increasing the mortality rate and slowing recovery. For this reason, it was banned at the Hague Conference in 1907 on the grounds that it is an inhumane weapon, but neither the UK nor the US ratified the ban.

[Yoshio Kobashi]

Main types of bullets and their parts
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Main types of bullets and their parts


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

狩猟用ライフル弾の一種で、弾丸の先端に弾芯(だんしん)の鉛を露出させたり、弾頭部に縦の切り込みを入れ、獲物に命中させると弾頭部が茸(きのこ)状に開いたり、弾芯の鉛が飛び散ったりして、損傷を普通弾以上にすることを目的とした特殊弾。19世紀にイギリスがインドの内乱鎮圧のため、カルカッタ(現コルカタ)北部にある工業都市ダムダムの兵器工場でつくらせたので、この名が生まれた。この弾丸を軍用として人体に使用した場合、弾芯がつぶれたり鉛片が体内に飛び散り射入後の傷を大きく、かつ複雑にして死亡率を高めたり回復を遅くする。このため非人道的兵器であるという理由で、1907年のハーグ会議で使用禁止が決定されたが、イギリス、アメリカ両国はこれを批准しなかった。

[小橋良夫]

銃弾のおもな種類と各部名称
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銃弾のおもな種類と各部名称


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