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con tal,ns ,I. series of ba f fles and chambers, wh,i,ch catch and delay' the rap'dly esoe,pl ng ga.• s produced by the pro'Peilant. powder ,as n bum s,... ; . The, ,maJor source ·gu'n ; blast ,urd· ,!.,.. n'019' trorn "CQnvtnlional 'w,iapons:-is :~'" , t,hi, ,escalp,i'lAg gas 'slam I'ng~int'o' lhe ' , " l ,atmosphe,re' tJ po n ex:~tino" the .birrst. The rem.;ning sources of gun "oJ.

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