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Small Arms auditory suppression test   Small Arms <20mm

Started 20/11/22 by gatnerd; 601 views.
stancrist

From: stancrist

22/11/22

EmericD said:

M855 from a M4; 400 m range (ICAO atmosphere); residual velocity 533 m/s; 151.8 dB (0.777 kPa) at a near miss distance of 1 m.

7.62x39 mm PS from an AK; 400 m range (ICAO atmosphere); residual velocity 400 m/s; 153.7 dB (0.967 kPa) at a near miss distance of 1 m.

DM41 from a 20" SCAR-H; 400 m range (ICAO atmosphere); residual velocity 554 m/s; 154.5 dB (1.060 kPa) at a near miss distance of 1 m.

Thank you.  Those numbers seem to roughly correlate to the "500 m" results (actual distance was 450 yds -- a shade over 400 m -- according to Garand Thumb), so perhaps the video test was not so bad.

  • Edited 22 November 2022 16:07  by  stancrist
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