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n. An attachment to the muzzle of a firearm which reduces the amount of visible light created when fired
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A flash suppressor, also known as a flash guard, flash eliminator, flash hider, or flash cone, is a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle that reduces its visible signature while firing by cooling or dispersing the burning gases that exit the muzzle, a phenomenon typical of carbine-length weapons. Its primary intent is to reduce the chances that the shooter will be blinded in low-light shooting conditions. Contrary to popular belief, it is only a minor secondary benefit if a flash suppressor reduces the intensity of the flash visible to the enemy.
A flash suppressor is different from a muzzle brake, although they are typically mounted in the same position and sometimes confused with each other. While the former is intended to reduce visible flash, a muzzle brake is designed to reduce recoil inherent to large cartridges and typically does not reduce visible flash.
Usage examples of "flash suppressor".
Or what a terrorist might carry, some soft-eyed boy from Adana, slung over his shoulder, Kalashnikov, sweet whisper in the dark, with a flash suppressor and folding stock.
From the spot above the Mac-10's outline, he took down the heavy, cylindrical sound and flash suppressor and screwed it into place.
With its integral sound and flash suppressor, and its subsonic ammunition, the weapon was virtually undetectable from a concealed position, making no sound that could be identified as a gun shot above normal street and traffic noise.
The only other difference he could see was a slotted flash suppressor-cum-grenade launcher attachment on the end of the muzzle.
He stopped talking when the three-pronged flash suppressor on an M-16 rifle came to rest on the back of his neck.
One trooper was dead, but the corporal was bellied down in a culvert, and his M16's flash suppressor glowed incandescent as it spewed fire into the mob.
One trooper was dead, but the corporal was bellied down in a culvert, and his M16s flash suppressor glowed incandescent as it spewed fire into the mob.
They put a big pie plate of a flash suppressor at the muzzle of the gun.
A SAW assault gun equipped with a flash suppressor was slung muzzle-down over his back.
Unlike his subordinates, Jongdomba wore no body armor, so there was nothing to protect him when the smoking flash suppressor of Alicia's M-97, with its bulbous under-barrel mounted grenade launcher, rammed into his belly like a pile driver.
A piece of gray metal he recognized as an old flash suppressor from an M-16 landed in the mud of the bank near his left hand.
His Calico model' ll0 auto pistol, with its 100-shot magazine and flash suppressor, wasn't half bad, either, nor was the Browning Hi-Power HP-Practical pistol, complete with Pachmayr rubber grips, round-style serrated hammer, and removable front sight.
The M-97 used a low-visibility propellant, which, coupled with the flash suppressor, made its muzzle flash extremely difficult to see, even in a low-light conditions, from any point outside a relatively narrow cone directly in front of it.
Fitted with an effective muzzle flash suppressor, the scattergun delivered its deadly gifts from cover.