Re: tank barrel

From: Bruce Burden (brucegb_at_realtime.net)
Date: 07/21/04 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: 21 Jul 2004 05:09:22 GMT

Gerald Evenden <gerald.evenden@verizon.net> wrote:
: What is the object located approximately 1/3 to 1/2 from the mount to
: the muzzel of an Abrams M1A1 tank?
:
        It is the fume extractor. It is a canister that collects
   a small portion of the propellent gases, then bleeds them back
   into the barrel once the round has cleared the muzzle. This
   stream of gas then siphons most of the remaining propellent
   gases from the tube.

                                                        Bruce 

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