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Muzzle brake

Muzzle Brake. (Freins de bouche in Fr, M lin-dungsbremse in Ger). A cylindrical device with flanged or baffled surfaces which is attached to the muzzle of a gun, usually by threads, to offset a long or complete recoil of the gun when fired. The expanding proplnt gases strike the baffles, thus pushing the gun barrel forward. This action can shorten the actual recoil distance, or it may relieve an overloaded recoil system. The latter would occur when a conventional gun was deliberately overloaded to increase the projectile velocity... [Pg.180]

Brakes, Muzzle Short cylindrical extensions for the muzzle of a cannon, having a number of baffles on the inside, against which the gases, following the projectile from the tube, strike. The gases exert a forward force on the baffles that partially counteracts the rearward force of recoil and thereby reduces the force of recoil Refs 1)0. W. Strickland et al, "General Summary of Explosive Plants , PB Rpt No 925)1945),83 2)TM 9.2305(1947), 10 54... [Pg.260]

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