An Experimental Study of Perforated Muzzle Brakes

Abstract : A firing test was conducted to examine the recoil efficiency and blast characteristics of perforated muzzle brakes fitted to a 20-mm cannon. Recoil impulse blast overpressures, muzzle velocity, sequential spark shadowgraphs, and photographs of the muzzle flash structure were obtained. Three different muzzle devices were used with one device equipped with pressure transducers to measure the static pressure in the brake. Experimental results are compared with the earlier predictions of Dillon and Nagamatsu.