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Those things on the end of some gun barrels - what do they do?
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A mystery that lasted for many years with me - what is the purpose of those strange things on the end of some, but far from all, gun barrels? It turns out that they are called muzzle brakes, and that I can ramble for rather a long time about them, if I let myself get sidelined enough.

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By Sodacan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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