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I have a small question: Everybody knows that pistols have great muzzle jump. To solve this problem, assault rifles usually add a muzzle break. I wonder if muzzle break can be adopted into pistols?

SteelBird said:

I have a small question: Everybody knows that pistols have great muzzle jump. To solve this problem, assault rifles usually add a muzzle break. I wonder if muzzle break can be adopted into pistols?

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There are indeed pistols with muzzle breaks. It's just not as obvious as the fixtures on some rifels. There may be just holes drilled into the top at of the barrel. Gas exits upwards through these holes and pushes the front end of the barrel down, observing Newtons third law.
If you look up the english wiki artikle Muzzle_brake you'll also find a few pics.

what plane is this?



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Re: what plane is this?

Its the Tupolev Tu-22M variable-geometry wing bomber, NATO named as Backfire.

I do have a quick question. China right now still have an arms embargo on them. Does this mean all arms including SMG, Rifles and Pistols?

ahho said:

I do have a quick question. China right now still have an arms embargo on them. Does this mean all arms including SMG, Rifles and Pistols?

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when countries speak of banned/prohibited items, anything considered under the category do not escape from the law unless otherwise stated, so since light arms are weapons of war, i don't see how they are exempted

Now that it is confirmed, if china make copies of this weapons like the M4 and the MP5 do you know if they can be charged of copyright infringement for domestic use?

ahho said:

Now that it is confirmed, if china make copies of this weapons like the M4 and the MP5 do you know if they can be charged of copyright infringement for domestic use?

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well they can charge whatever, but at the end of the day china's not gonna be stopped from these

ahho said:

Now that it is confirmed, if china make copies of this weapons like the M4 and the MP5 do you know if they can be charged of copyright infringement for domestic use?

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Depending on what was being patented, it is really not easy to charge or sue a company having products that lookalike. If the are enough differences in the design, you cannot sue that company even if they build a product that look and function very much like the original one.

What's this vehicle?

I saw this on the frontpage of fyjs, anybody know what this might be?