Coronation bullet

The coronation bullet is a fatal gunshot wound to the skull, described by Rudolf Ulrich Krönlein , which occurs primarily when hit with high-energy projectiles from military and hunting weapons. In this case, the cerebrum is completely ejected after the bony skull has burst.

If there is an injection into fluid-filled organs such as the heart, urinary bladder or the cerebrospinal fluid spaces, the radial expansion of the bullet canal can burst the envelope structures.

See also

• Projectile effect
• Man stopping effect
• Military medicine
• Soft target
• Wound ballistics

literature

• Burkhard Madea: Practice forensic medicine. Springer, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-540-43885-8 , p. 137.
• Bernd Brinkmann; Burkhard Madea (ed.): Manual forensic medicine. Volume 1. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00259-6 , p. 376 f.
• H. Pankratz, H. Fischer: On the wound ballistics of the Krönlein shot. In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 95, No. 3, 2004 doi : 10.1007 / BF00201080 .