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muzzle brake
(redirected from Recoil brake)

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A device attached to the muzzle of a weapon that utilizes escaping gas to reduce recoil.
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This is being achieved by the adoption of a high effect muzzle brake with an efficiency of over 40% and the redesign of the cradle which incorporates a single (and already patented) recoil brake resulting in a recoil stroke of about the <<length of an {human} arm>>, according to Crenn.
Big guns, small platforms: developments are underway to provide light ... by Biass, Eric H. / Armada International
 
 
 
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