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  2. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report (sound of a gunshot) and jump, by modulating the speed and pressure of the propellant gas released from the ...

  3. Flash suppressor - Wikipedia

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    Sudanese Model Armalite AR-10 with a prong-type flash suppressor. Duckbill flash suppressors have upper and lower "prongs" and direct gases to the sides. Early M60 machine guns and some Armalite AR-10, Armalite AR-15 and early M16 models featured this type of flash suppressor. One disadvantage is that the prongs can become entangled with vines ...

  4. Vortex Flash Hider - Wikipedia

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    The Vortex Flash Hider has been called the "most effective flash hider available short of a (sound) suppressor" by writer and gunsmith Patrick Sweeney, when used on an AR-15. [2] [3] In a 2005 article appearing in SWAT magazine it was deemed to be superior to the M16A2 "bird cage" flash suppressor and the Yankee Hill Machine Phantom Flash ...

  5. AAC Honey Badger - Wikipedia

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    Sights. Picatinny rail provided for optics. The AAC Honey Badger is an AR-pattern personal defense weapon, designed primarily for use in a suppressed configuration. It is chambered in .300 AAC Blackout and was originally produced by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC). [2] The weapon is named after the honey badger.

  6. Apalachee shooter used an AR-15. Why are these weapons so ...

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    The weapon, an AR-15-style rifle, was used to help identify the shooter. Since the end of the Assault Weapons Ban in 2004, ... a flash suppressor and/or a grenade launcher. ...

  7. CAR-15 - Wikipedia

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    However, the term "CAR-15" is most commonly associated with the Colt Commando (AKA: XM177); these select-fire carbines have ultrashort 10.5-inch (270 mm) and 11.5-inch (290 mm) barrels with over-sized flash suppressors. The CAR-15 name was an attempt to re-associate the AR-15 name with Colt, since the AR initially stood for ArmaLite, the ...

  8. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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    List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. ArmaLite AR-15 with the charging handle located on top of the upper receiver, protected within the carrying handle and a 25-round magazine. 1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine.

  9. Advanced Armament Corporation - Wikipedia

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    1816 Remington Circle. Huntsville, Alabama [1] Products. Firearms, weapons, sound suppressors. Parent. JJE Capital Holdings, LLC. Website. advanced-armament.com. Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) is an American company that develops and manufactures firearms, firearm suppressors, muzzle devices and related accessories.