{"id":42144,"date":"2018-01-23T21:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T21:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/23\/these-experts-explain-why-making-the-perfect-suppressor-for-troops-is-harder-than-it-sounds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:49:50","slug":"these-experts-explain-why-making-the-perfect-suppressor-for-troops-is-harder-than-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/off-duty\/2018\/01\/23\/these-experts-explain-why-making-the-perfect-suppressor-for-troops-is-harder-than-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Why making the perfect suppressor for troops is harder than it sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the Army and Marine Corps have, in recent years, been on the hunt for a suppressor that doesn\u2019t just attach to the end of the rifle but is fully built into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies such as Gemtech and Heckler &amp; Koch have already built such devices, which could see application in either service as both look to suppressors to improve communication, reduce hearing loss and provide another tool for dismounted troop tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Corps leaders at the service\u2019s annual Modern Day Marine Military Exposition last fall specifically called out to industry to create an integrated suppressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/marine-suppressor.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/marine-suppressor.jpg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/marine-suppressor.jpg.jpg?resize=300,203 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marines assigned to Echo Company 4th Reconnaissance Battalion carry rifles equipped with suppressors while conducting a patrol during a live fire exercise (Staff Sgt. 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Kitandwe\/Marine Corps).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both regular Army and Special Operations Command programs have sought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/06\/27\/the-new-stealth-infantry-how-suppressors-will-change-battlefield-tactics\/\" target=\"\">Suppressed Upper Receiver Group<\/a>, also known as the SURG program, which has been opened, halted and restarted at various stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Crown, a former Army paratrooper who now works for Gemtech, told Military Times at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/gearscout\/shot-show\/\" data-original-title=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" aria-describedby=\"popover426403\">Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade show<\/a> in Las Vegas that there are benefits and drawbacks to simply using suppressors and specifically to integrated suppressors with infantry tactics and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a shooter adds a 5- to 7-inch suppressor to an M4, he or she has automatically negated the size advantage of an M4 from its predecessor, the M16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But by integrating the suppressor into the barrel and making it a part of the upper receiver group of the carbine or rifle, the overall length of the weapon doesn\u2019t change, Crown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A longer weapon causes soldiers and Marines problems moving in and out of vehicles, through windows or doorways, moving the weapon around in a close-quarters setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it also sticks out like a sore thumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often snipers will use suppressors on their already long rifles. 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