Īntoine Treuille de Beaulieu invented a prototype based on the idea in 1842 and had it tested in 1862, but he himself called the idea "too new". The concept of a muzzle brake had been experimented with for many years prior to its successful implementation: in 1922, a US Army Ordnance Department official stated in US Congress that "the muzzle brake was used in another form 20 years ago, and even longer ago than that, but it has never been successfully applied". They are used on pistols for practical pistol competitions, and are usually called compensators in this context. They have been used in various forms for rifles and pistols to help control recoil and the rising of the barrel that normally occurs after firing. It was a common feature on many anti-tank guns, especially those mounted on tanks, in order to reduce the area needed to take up the strokes of recoil and kickback. The concept of a muzzle brake was first introduced for artillery. Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported. The muzzle brake of the 105mm main gun on an AMX 10 RC armoured fighting vehicle The muzzle brake of an M198 155mm howitzer venting propellant gases sideways as the howitzer is firedĪ muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise.
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