muzzle brake

English

A M-109A3 155mm self-propelled howitzer at McGill Base in Bosnia and Herzegovina, equipped with a large muzzle brake, at the end of the weapon.

Noun

muzzle brake (plural muzzle brakes)

1. (firearms) A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.

Translations

device on a firearm

• Estonian: suudmepidur
• Finnish: suujarru (fi)
• French: frein de bouche (fr) m
• German: Mündungsbremse f
• Italian: freno di bocca m
• Portuguese: freio de boca m
• Russian: дульный тормоз m (dulʹnyj tormoz)
• Spanish: freno de boca m
• Swedish: mynningsbroms