To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
“The media is reporting that they are T-72s, by the way.”
The “media” is largely proven to know very little about arms.
Wouldn’t a T-72 have a large flash suppressor?
29 posted on
06/12/2014 2:56:17 PM PDT by
tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf
"Wouldn’t a T-72 have a large flash suppressor?"
Tanks don't have flash suppressors. The thing seen at the end of some tank barrels is a muzzle brake which reduces the recoil of the main gun. The other thing is a bore evacuator which prevents noxious gases from entering the crew compartment when they open the breech to reload the gun.
Bore evacuator:
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Muzzle brake:
52 posted on
06/12/2014 5:10:19 PM PDT by
PLMerite
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