Muzzle (weapon)
The muzzle of a weapon is the front end of the barrel, i.e. the point where the bullet leaves the weapon.
The muzzle brake (or the compensator) is still on the muzzle . Muzzle flash is caused by powder that burns explosively before the barrel; the muzzle flash suppressor is used to contain it . Ballistically significant is the speed of the bullet at the muzzle, the so-called muzzle velocity . The barrel can taper to the muzzle ( taper barrel barrel) or, as with old muzzle loaders, widen in a funnel shape at the muzzle ( espingole ).
Some weapon systems such as the Gepard anti-aircraft cannon also have measuring devices for determining the muzzle velocity.
See also: exit ballistics
literature
- Beat Kneubuehl (eds.), Robin Coupland, Markus Rothschild, Michael Thali: Wundballistik. Basics and Applications . 3rd completely revised and expanded edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-79008-2 .