Last week I wrote about Service Member exposure to the effects of Blast Over Pressure (BOP) firing weapons during training and combat.

There has been a great deal of innovation in the suppressor industry over the past few years as government demands and manufacturing technology both increase. However, most of the improvements have been on four areas:

1. Sound suppression

2. Light suppression

3. Thermal dissipation

4. Particulate blowback

We’ll break those down one by one and look at ways industry has worked to improve performance in those areas.

Sound Suppression

Silencers as they were known at the time were initially created to deaden the sound of a firing weapon. It’s a very straightforward concept and different construction techniques and materials have been used over the year

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