GSW by Tokarev TT-33's in Third World
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u/Creative-Comb5593 — 6 days ago
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Tokarev 7.62 x 25 mm Wounds
Has anyone had experience with wounds believed to be caused by a Tokarev TT-33 or Zastava (Yugo) M57 handgun? The caliber is 7.62mm x 25mm, bottlenecked cartridge. I've only treated one such wound, in Nicaragua where Soviet-bloc weapons were and are abundant. The thigh wound was maybe a little bigger than one from a 9 mm. The victim identified the weapon as a "TT". I ask because the velocity of this cartridge is 1,400 to 1,700 fps. This is a lot but not the usual 2,000 + fps quoted as capable of causing a high velocity wound, with temporary cavity tissue damage. I remember learning to "treat the wound, not the weapon". Nonetheless I wonder if wounds from this caliber are generally worse than those from the much more common 9 mm? Also can there be an overlap zone between low velocity and high velocity wound characteristics? Thanks for any observations.
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u/Creative-Comb5593 — 7 days ago