Percussion tool

A percussion tool comprising:

• a housing including a top end, a bottom end, a front end, and a rear end, the housing defining a barrel portion, a handle portion opposite the barrel portion, and a motor housing portion between the barrel portion and the handle portion;
• an electric motor positioned within the motor housing portion;
• a percussion mechanism driven by the motor and including a striker supported for reciprocation in the housing, the striker defining a striker axis in a reciprocating direction;
• a battery receptacle supported by the housing;
• a battery pack removably coupled to the battery receptacle for providing power to the motor, the battery pack and the battery receptacle defining a battery axis extending longitudinally through the battery pack and the battery receptacle;
• an air baffle including a central opening;
• and
• one or more wires extending through the central opening of the air baffle,
• wherein the striker axis and the battery axis are parallel.