For anyone unfamiliar, barrel obstructions can be very dangerous as they can result in unsafe pressures when firing.

Here a soldier has put condoms on the ends of these machine gun barrels to prevent sand and dust from entering. Presumably before riding in a convoy along a dirt road.

  • @100_percent_a_bot
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    31 year ago

    Iirc I’ve also seen them as a cheap modification to turn a mic into an underwater mic.