MikeyD Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Tell me I'm crazy, but didn't the Thompson smg have a mini 'muzzle brake' with the vents pointing straight up in an effort to reduce the gun's viscious tendency to climb while firing? Giving a tank gun a muzzle brake that ejects the gasses upward would have the effect of pushing the barrel end down, at best forcing the gunner to re-aim with each shot, at worst putting dangerous stresses in the entire gun mount. This would be especially bad for stabilized gun like the U.S. Sherman's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtaskagain Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Originally posted by MikeyD: Tell me I'm crazy, but didn't the Thompson smg have a mini 'muzzle brake' with the vents pointing straight up in an effort to reduce the gun's viscious tendency to climb while firing? Rifles can be fitted with muzzle brakes too. Look here. The downside to using one on a rifle is they dramatically increase the noise of the shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Originally posted by MikeyD: Tell me I'm crazy, but didn't the Thompson smg have a mini 'muzzle brake' with the vents pointing straight up in an effort to reduce the gun's viscious tendency to climb while firing?Regarding that, I've often wondered why it never occurred to anyone to install a modified buttstock to the piece that came straight back, a la M16. That would at least have reduced the climbing tendency some, I would think. Does anybody have any definite information about that? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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