I rarely use stories from The Firearms Blog, their slogan is “Firearms Not Politics” and I’m more inclined towards the politics of firearms, even if I do appreciate the firearms themselves.

 

The side expansion chambers will be to accommodate the blast of the cannon’s muzzle brake.

I know what you are thinking: “WTF!”.It was build to reduce noise to communities nearby. The vehicle pictured is the M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

UPDATE: Thanks to Mark for these images of another German tank suppressor.
Source: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/10/16/worlds-largest-gun-suppressor/

 

These Germans are something else, aren’t they? Worried about noise, but maybe I shouldn’t judge too harshly when we have a few Americans complaining about our own military bases.

 

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — It’s not rockets’ red glare. And there are no bombs bursting in air.

But some residents who live near Naval Weapons Station Earle’s waterfront complex here say the playing of the Morning Colors, a military protocol that includes playing the national anthem while raising the American flag, is too loud.

“Why should someone not in the service have to wake up to reveille?’” asked Bob Wille, who, along with some of his neighbors in Middletown’s Belford neighborhood, has been asking officials at the naval station to turn down the volume.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/18/nj-bases-national-anthem-too-loud-for-some-neighbors/3634599/

Perhaps Bob Wille should realize that those are sounds of freedom he’s hearing. Without war and the men who wage it, we would all be British, German, even Russian.