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- From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
- Newsgroups: sci.military
- Subject: Re: Sonic Sniper Locater
- Message-ID: <C1F6t6.KE7@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:19:53 GMT
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- Organization: Lotus Development Ireland
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- From jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
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- As far as I know, no current suppressor technology exists that
- actually slows supersonic rounds to the subsonic (even trying to do
- such a thing strikes me as a highly dangerous proposition), you need
- to load special ammunition that is already subsonic. All the
- suppressor does is prevent rapid expansion of gases released at the
- muzzle. It's also true that most automatic weapons release
- substantial noise from the opening breach, which is why truly
- "silenced" weapons lock the breach for every shot (you need to cycle
- the action by hand).
-
- I think trying to develop suppression technology for rifle rounds is
- probably pointless for anything in the SMG / LMG range - the only
- effective suppressors I've ever seen for such things being massive and
- only usable from a tripod mounted weapon (sighting was also a serious
- problem). I can't really imagine such a weapon being used in any
- situation that a flash suppressed weapon (to prevent dust dispersion)
- couldn't do equally well, assuming that the goal was to snipe at
- relatively long range from a concealed location for an extended period
- of time (without detection). The sonic crack is always going to point
- you out eventually, however.
-
- Jordan
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- Jordan Hubbard Lotus Development Ireland jkh@whisker.lotus.ie
- I DO NOT SPEAK FOR LOTUS - IT HAS PLENTY OF LAWYERS TO DO THAT FOR IT ALREADY
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