Thread: suppressor failure

Originally Posted by jim160

Fair enough.
But the SAS & AOS are not the only ones that are armed.
I haven't seen any front line cops with suppressors and soldiers don't have them either.

So the less that 100 soldiers out of over 3000 have suppressors and the less that 500 out of 3500 cops have suppressors.

Not really a fair representation of numbers.

Besides, when was the last time a cop fired a rifle at someone. So of course you have fired more shots than them. Even I have.
But I understand your point.

Do you have an understanding of how many hundreds of millions are being paid yearly by various MIL/LE organizations around the world for hearing damage complaints?

Explosions etc. do play a factor, especially on the MIL side, however the injuries are mainly caused by the individual weapon.

At a fraction of those costs, a significant quantity of suppressors could be purchased.

Some countries are more further/evolved/equipped in this than others, but many LEOs/soldiers go about with no suppressors.

Much of that is institutional inertia/slowness of adopting something new.

The question is really not about the worth/usefulness of the suppressor, but why they are not being bought more.

Best Regards!

Tuukka Jokinen
Ase Utra sound suppressors