dum-dum bullets
Soft-nosed projectiles
Dum-dum bullets are ammunition designed to expand on impact, causing larger wounds than standard rounds.
The name comes from the Dum Dum Arsenal near Calcutta, where British forces developed expanding bullets in the 1890s.
International conventions ban their use in warfare, though hollow-point ammunition—which works similarly—remains legal for civilian and police use.
The treaty prohibited dum-dum bullets as inhumane.
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