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Monday, August 7th, 2006 04:55 pm

<Brain>  "PINKY!  ...Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

<Pinky>  "Uh, I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a silencer big enough to put on a tank?"

I gotcher tank¹ silencer right here.

[1]  Yes, I know it's not technically a tank, it's an M109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer.  But do you really think Pinky knows the difference?  He's barking² insane.

[2]  And that's not easy when you're a mouse.

Monday, August 7th, 2006 09:55 pm (UTC)
I've been twenty yards from a British 5.5" gun (approximately 140mm) during live fire, which has to be pretty comparable to the 155mm. It's ... pretty loud. I have no idea how effective the suppressor is. I would expect it to damp most of the report of the gun itself; of course, there will still be the supersonic shockwave of the shell, but that's a lot quieter.