From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: Re Assault Cannons
Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:24:55 +0100

Sascha Pabst said on 4:18/ 2 Dec 96...

> > IRL, it's APDS ammo that offers the greatest challenge to muzzle brakes.
> Hm. Why's that?

Probably because there is plastic packing (the sabots, from the S in
"APDS") around the bullet; as it leaves the barrel, the sabots fall away.
This could/would start to happen *inside* the muzzle brake.

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