muzzle brake

English

A M-109A3 155mm self-propelled howitzer at McGill Base in Bosnia and Herzegovina, equipped with a large muzzle brake, at the end of the weapon.

Noun

muzzle brake (plural muzzle brakes)

(firearms) A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.

Translations

device on a firearm

Estonian: suudmepidur
Finnish: suujarru (fi)
French: frein de bouche (fr) m
German: Mündungsbremse f
Italian: freno di bocca m
Portuguese: freio de boca m
Russian: дульный тормоз m (dulʹnyj tormoz)
Spanish: freno de boca m
Swedish: mynningsbroms

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