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Qué (quién) es dumdum - definición
BULLETS THAT EXPAND ON IMPACT
Dum-dum bullet; Expanding ammunition; Dumdum; Dum-dum bullets; Dum-dum; Dumdum bullet; Dum dum bullet; Dumdum bullets; Mushroom bullet; Expanding bullets; Dum-Dum Bullet
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dumdum
(also dumdum bullet)
¦ noun a kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact and inflicts laceration.
Origin
C19: from Dum Dum, a town and arsenal near Calcutta, India, where they were first produced.
Dumdum bullet
·add. ·- A kind of manstopping bullet;
- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army.
Expanding bullet
Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter, to combat over-penetration and produce a larger wound, thus dealing more damage to a living target.
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Expanding bullet
Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter, to combat over-penetration and produce a larger wound, thus dealing more damage to a living target. For this reason, they are used for hunting and by most police departments, but are generally prohibited for use in war. Two typical designs are the hollow-point bullet and the soft-point bullet.
Ejemplos de uso de dumdum
1. The innocent Brazilian man shot dead by anti–terror officers after being mistaken for a suicide bomber was killed using "dumdum" style bullets that were banned from use in warfare.
2. Modern hollow point bullets are descendants of the "dumdum" ammunition created by the British in an arsenal near Calcutta at the end of the 1'th century and outlawed under the Hague Declaration of 18''. There is no legal prohibition on the use of hollow point ammunition, as it is officially known, by British police forces.
3. The Home Office said the type of bullets used by police officers was an "operational matter", adding: "Chief officers may use whatever ammunition they feel appropriate to their operational needs." The suggestion that dumdum–style bullets could have been used was met with fury in some quarters.
4. Shot: Jean Charles de Menezes and Hussain Osman The innocent Brazilian man shot dead by anti–terror officers after being mistaken for a suicide bomber was killed using dumdum–style bullets that were banned from use in warfare, it was reported today.
5. Fury Modern hollow point bullets are descendants of the "dumdum" ammunition created by the British in an arsenal near Calcutta at the end of the 1'th century and outlawed under the Hague Declaration of 18''. There is no legal prohibition on the use of hollow point ammunition, as it is officially known, by British police forces.