Posted on 07/12/2020 6:33:03 AM PDT by AggregateThreat
Marine grunts in close combat formations will start receiving suppressors for their small arms at the end of this year, Task & Purpose has learned.
Marine Corps Systems Command on Thursday announced its intent to award a single-source contract to Knight's Armament Company for 5.56 small arms suppressors for use on the Corps' arsenal of M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles, M4 carbines, and M4A1 Close Quarter Battle Weapons.
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So not only does this move protect enemy ears but lowers enemy penetration. The Marines getting adverse to harming enemies must be part of some as yet unrevealed social experiment. The Kumbaya Experiment?
The muzzle blast of an M4 is about 160dB. A very good suppressor will reduce it to about 130dB (about the same as a jackhammer at very close range.
Also make it harder to locate those firing.
Ok. 106 db is loud, about as loud as a hearty shout.
130 db is deafening, espc when there are many weapons firing.
The benefit of suppressed combat arms is command and control. Not keeping quite ref so the enemy can’t hear you.
Also, suppressed weapons actually increase muzzle velocity a bit, not reduce it as a poster stated.
Adding 12 oz. Worth of weight in exchange for better combat communication is invaluable to those who know.
Imagine, either sacrifice hearing both short and long term because we all won’t stop to put ear pro in just before going loud, or using a tool that enables us to both hear and shoot....
Yes, the sonic wave of a high vel bullet is loud, but that’s going downrange where it helps keep heads down and threats ducking aren’t returnubg accurate fires.
Win.
The supersonic crack is off angle from the direction of fire and while it will let the enemy know that they are being fired upon, it will confuse them about where the fire is coming from.
The only problem I had firing the M-16-based weapons with suppressors was with the direct impingement gas system funneling noxious gases back in my face while firing. Hopefully, they've solved that issue.
Chairman, isn’t the mid-and dis- information on the internet amazing?
Seems all these posters read something and it’s taken as gospel.
Scary thing is they are on our side....
Chainmail, not chairman, silly auto correct.
Is it less effective on the first round?
Tactically, it seems like a really good idea.
Might help the immediate clarity of verbal and audio communications, too.
This. Add a white light to the rifle. Add an infrared illuminator. Add a laser. Add a forward grip. Add a suppressor. Soon you have the equivalent of two five-pound bags of sugar in your hand.
Not incorrectly. The inventor patented it as a “silencer’.
Silencers are a misnomer for sure. Suppressor is not even accurate. In fact, it’s hard to tell if the report is being suppressed at all. How silencers are portrayed in movies is totally fake.
“Yes, you’ll still have the sonic boom”
.... more like a crack then a boom.
Are silencers — suppressers — legal for private citizens who are otherwise lawful gunowners?
Yes, but you have to jump through a lot of BATF hoops and wait a long time for approval. The sites that sell them online describe the process in detail.
What’s a “Silencer”, never saw one of those except in a movie.
The only real downside is that they add length to the barrel, quite a bit of it, actually. The corresponding gain you do get in muzzle velocity (if any) tends to be offset by the fact that the chambers are trapping acceleration gases in order to work. Give and take - it's a design function, and it's the reason that the more effective suppressors tend to be larger. The real loss in muzzle velocity comes when you use subsonic ammunition in an attempt for maximum noise suppression. But in a tactical environment you're after quiet, not silence which you're not actually going to attain anyway. They can be a bugger to clean, too. Been there, done that. Just my $0.02.
True, plus a suppressed 556 is much harder to detect from its position. All no big deal- they are on the road to defeat anyway, they announced they are getting rid of all their tanks, armor, quite a few aircraft . Light infantry?
They are ditching all their tank battalions and artillery. The “ New” Marine Corps.....
Limited application?
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