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From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Re Assault Cannons
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:32:22 +0000
In message <m0vUPVn-0004weC@*******.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>, Sascha
Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE> writes
>On 29 Nov 96 at 17:40, Paul J. Adam wrote:
>> IRL, it's APDS ammo that offers the greatest challenge to muzzle brakes.

>Hm. Why's that?
> Sascha

The danger that the sabot will hang up in the muzzle brake, destroying
accuracy. Look at tank main guns, for instance: where muzzle brakes
might be useful (both to cut the recoil force and to divert the muzzle
blast to the sides) they are not fitted, because they interfere with
sabot separation for APDS/APFSDS rounds.



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