| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Sniper rifles |
| Date: | Sun, 28 Dec 1997 12:54:27 +0100 |
> I have to disagree. Somewhere on my harddisk I've got a Heckler&Koch
> weapons catalogue (for police-sevices, IIRC) and there is a description of
> the MP-5SD3. Somewhere there it says, that it fires super-sonic ammo. Now
> they wouldn't do that if it negelcted the silencer, would they?
The MP 5 SD-series fires supersonic ammo, but it has lots of holes in the
barrel to allow much of the propellant gases to bleed away. Thus, the
bullet doesn't reach a supersonic velocity even though normal ammo is
being fired. Many other silenced SMGs (for example the British L34
Sterling) use the same principle.
You have to remember that weapons make three types of noise: 1) the
expanding gases at the muzzle; 2) the "sonic boom" of the bullet; and 3)
the mechanical noises of the weapon's action.
A silencer (or better: sound suppresser) takes away #1, subsonic ammo
(whether with a reduced powder charge or fired from a drilled barrel)
removes #2, and a lock on the action takes care of #3, although that last
one is rare except in some pistols.
> Now that I think of it...what the hell do plice-forces do with silenced
> weapons?!
Counter-terrorism teams have a need for such weapons.
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